K OUT OF N INTEGRATED RELIABILITY MODEL WITH MULTIPLE STAGE OPTIMIZATION USING FOUR COMPONENTS OF HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH.

Integer variables are among the neo-logistic programming issues that most frequently pertain to system reliability improvement. If 'k' out of 'n' elements are present in each technology, then the configuration can be employed with 'k' out of 'n' systems. Only particular objective function structures and restrictions may be used in a heuristic technique to precisely address a dependability optimization problem. As more constraints are placed on it, the more useful it becomes; it is worthless for boosting dependability in a large system. This paper analyzes existing research on integrated reliability models with redundancy and explores system reliability optimization before proposing new recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]