A Method for Calculating the Reliability of 2-Separable Networks and Its Applications

Abstract

This paper proposes a computational method for the reliability of 2-separable networks. Based on graph theory and probability theory, this method simplifies the calculation process by constructing a network equivalent model and designing corresponding algorithms to achieve the efficient evaluation of reliability. Considering independent random failures of edges with equal probability q, this method can accurately calculate the reliability of 2-separable networks, and its effectiveness and accuracy are verified through examples. In addition, to demonstrate the generality of our method, we have also applied it to other 2-separable networks with fractal structures and proposed linear algorithms for calculating their all-terminal reliability.

Keywords

• 2-separable network
• fractal network
• network reliability
• the all-terminal reliability