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What Is Optimal Granularity When Estimating Reliability of a Complex Engineering Systems

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Autorschaft

  • Niklas Winnewisser
  • Michael Beer
  • Olga Kosheleva
  • Vladik Kreinovich

Externe Organisationen

  • University of Texas at El Paso

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksIntegrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making - 11th International Symposium, IUKM 2025, Proceedings
Herausgeber/-innenVan-Nam Huynh, Katsuhiro Honda, Bac Le, Masahiro Inuiguchi, Hieu T. Huynh
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Seiten76-84
Seitenumfang9
ISBN (elektronisch)978-981-96-4603-6
ISBN (Print)9789819646029
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 24 März 2025
Veranstaltung11th International Symposium on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making, IUKM 2025 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dauer: 17 März 202519 März 2025

Publikationsreihe

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Band15586 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (elektronisch)1611-3349

Abstract

For complex engineering systems, the usual way to estimate their reliability is to run simulations. If the resulting estimate does not satisfy the desired reliability level, we must replace some components with more reliable and again run simulations. This can take several iterations, so the required computation time often becomes unrealistically long. It is known that it is possible to speed up computations if components belong to a few types, and components of each type are identical. So, a natural idea to deal with the general case is to use the general granularity idea, i.e., to group components with similar reliability characteristics into a single cluster, and for each component from the cluster, use the same average reliability instead of the original (somewhat different) reliability characteristics. The accuracy of the resulting approximate estimate of the system’s reliability depends on how exactly we divide the components into clusters. It is therefore desirable to select the clustering that leads to the most accurate reliability estimate. In this paper, we describe an algorithm for such optimal clustering.

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What Is Optimal Granularity When Estimating Reliability of a Complex Engineering Systems. / Winnewisser, Niklas; Beer, Michael; Kosheleva, Olga et al.
Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making - 11th International Symposium, IUKM 2025, Proceedings. Hrsg. / Van-Nam Huynh; Katsuhiro Honda; Bac Le; Masahiro Inuiguchi; Hieu T. Huynh. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. S. 76-84 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Band 15586 LNAI).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Winnewisser, N, Beer, M, Kosheleva, O & Kreinovich, V 2025, What Is Optimal Granularity When Estimating Reliability of a Complex Engineering Systems. in V-N Huynh, K Honda, B Le, M Inuiguchi & HT Huynh (Hrsg.), Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making - 11th International Symposium, IUKM 2025, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Bd. 15586 LNAI, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, S. 76-84, 11th International Symposium on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making, IUKM 2025, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 17 März 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4603-6_7
Winnewisser, N., Beer, M., Kosheleva, O., & Kreinovich, V. (2025). What Is Optimal Granularity When Estimating Reliability of a Complex Engineering Systems. In V.-N. Huynh, K. Honda, B. Le, M. Inuiguchi, & H. T. Huynh (Hrsg.), Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making - 11th International Symposium, IUKM 2025, Proceedings (S. 76-84). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Band 15586 LNAI). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4603-6_7
Winnewisser N, Beer M, Kosheleva O, Kreinovich V. What Is Optimal Granularity When Estimating Reliability of a Complex Engineering Systems. in Huynh VN, Honda K, Le B, Inuiguchi M, Huynh HT, Hrsg., Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making - 11th International Symposium, IUKM 2025, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. S. 76-84. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-4603-6_7
Winnewisser, Niklas ; Beer, Michael ; Kosheleva, Olga et al. / What Is Optimal Granularity When Estimating Reliability of a Complex Engineering Systems. Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making - 11th International Symposium, IUKM 2025, Proceedings. Hrsg. / Van-Nam Huynh ; Katsuhiro Honda ; Bac Le ; Masahiro Inuiguchi ; Hieu T. Huynh. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. S. 76-84 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).
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