An approach for solving constrained reliability-redundancy allocation problems using cuckoo search algorithm

The main goal of the present paper is to present a penalty based cuckoo search (CS) algorithm to get the optimal solution of reliability – redundancy allocation problems (RRAP) with nonlinear resource constraints. The reliability – redundancy allocation problem involves the selection of components&#...

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Published inBeni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 14 - 25
Main Author Garg, Harish
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.03.2015
SpringerOpen
Subjects
Cuckoo algorithm
Optimization
Redundancy allocation
Reliability
Reliability
Redundancy allocation
Cuckoo algorithm
Optimization
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ISSN2314-8535
2314-8543
2314-8543
DOI10.1016/j.bjbas.2015.02.003

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Summary:The main goal of the present paper is to present a penalty based cuckoo search (CS) algorithm to get the optimal solution of reliability – redundancy allocation problems (RRAP) with nonlinear resource constraints. The reliability – redundancy allocation problem involves the selection of components' reliability in each subsystem and the corresponding redundancy levels that produce maximum benefits subject to the system's cost, weight, volume and reliability constraints. Numerical results of five benchmark problems are reported and compared. It has been shown that the solutions by the proposed approach are all superior to the best solutions obtained by the typical approaches in the literature are shown to be statistically significant by means of unpaired pooled t-test.
ISSN:2314-8535
2314-8543
2314-8543
DOI:10.1016/j.bjbas.2015.02.003