ASimple Approach forConstrained Redundancy Optimization Problem

ci/lnqi ' ~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~al ., thesumisoverallstages. Tradeoffs mustbemadeontheexactness ofthesolution 1 ci/lnqi versus thecostofobtaining it, especially since oneoften does . .. notneedanexact solution. Thispaper describes asimple QRUnrelability ofstage i. method ofsolving amulticonstraint redundancy optimization Ri Reliability ofstage i. problem andrequires verylittle manipulation foritsformu-Minimizing thecost withgiven system reliability isequivalent lation. Theapproach isheuristic likemostoptimization tomaximizing thereliability withgiven system cost. algorithms.