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Redundancy allocation for series-parallel systems using a max-min approach

JOSE E. RAMIREZ-MARQUEZ Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 96 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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DAVID W. COIT Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 96 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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ABDULLAH KONAK Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Berks Lehigh Valley, Tulpehocken Road, Reading, PA, P.O. Box 7009, USA E-mail: ">
Pages 891-898 | Received 01 May 2002, Accepted 01 Dec 2003, Published online: 17 Aug 2010

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