| Article ID: | iaor1991963 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 9 |
| Start Page Number: | 843 |
| End Page Number: | 851 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1990 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Iyer Srinivas N., Sathe Y.S. |
| Keywords: | Barlow-Wu |
An expression is derived for the increase in stochastic performance of a continuum structure of the Barlow-Wu type when each component of a subset is replicated once. If a single component is to be replicated, criteria are given for selecting the component so as to maximize the system performance for series and parallel structures. A series of upper bounds is derived for the increase in terms of the critical importance of the replicated component.