Calculating Matrix Reliability for Networks Using D-Spectrum

The number of terminal nodes is important in network reliability calculations. Networks are often classified as 2-terminal nodes, k-terminal nodes and all terminal nodes. Different approaches have been advanced in the literature to calculate network reliability, mainly to solve 2-terminal node networks. Such approaches are based on point-wise calculation of network reliability, i.e., a single value is eventually attached to a network to represent its reliability. In this paper, we propose a new approach by which network reliability is represented in matrix form and calculated using D-spectrum method for k-terminal node and all-terminal node networks.

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Network , Matrix , D-Spectrum , Reliability , Terminal Nodes