Reliability analysis and optimization of multi-state acyclic data transmission networks

Abstract

The acyclic transmission networks (ATNs) located at node c, consist of a number of positions (nodes) in which multi-state elements (MEs) capable of receiving and sending a signal are allocated. Each network has a root position where the signal source is located, a number of leaf positions that can only receive a signal, and a number of intermediate positions containing MEs capable of transmitting the received signal to some other nodes. The networks are arranged in such a way that no signal leaving a node can return to this node through any sequence of nodes receiving a nodes (no cycles exist).