Models of Network Reliability: Analysis, Combinatorics, and Monte Carlo

Unique in its approach, this volume provides a brief introduction to Monte Carlo methods and a concise exposition of Reliability Theory ideas. From there, it investigates a collection of principal network reliability models and provides solutions for most principal network reliability problems as Monte Carlo algorithms. Written by reliability experts with significant teaching experience, this reader-friendly text serves the needs of software, industrial, and reliability engineering students, researchers, and engineers. Stressing intuitive explanations and providing detailed proofs of difficult statements, the book offers end-of-chapter exercises with worked numerical examples and a solutions manual-making it ideal for self study.