| Article ID: | iaor20023732 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 118 |
| Issue: | 2/3 |
| Start Page Number: | 247 |
| End Page Number: | 259 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Journal: | Applied Mathematics and Computation |
| Authors: | Djerdjour M., Rekab K. |
| Keywords: | programming: branch and bound |
A nonlinear integer programming model for the optimal design of a series/parallel reliability system is presented, together with an enumeration algorithm for its solution and an example. The algorithm is based on an efficient procedure for solving the continuous relaxation of the mathematical model.