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An efficient method for reliability evaluation of multistate networks given all minimal path vectors

Ming J. Zuo Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G8, Canada
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Zhigang Tian Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G8, Canada
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Hong-Zhong Huang School of Mechanical, Electronic, and Industrial Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, People's Republic of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610054
Pages 811-817 | Received 01 Sep 2005, Accepted 01 Aug 2006, Published online: 30 May 2007

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