Redundancy Optimization for the Mixed Reliability System

This paper deals with the problem of redundancy allocation for the mixed reliability system in an optimal way. Two kinds of the reliability system are considered for optimal allocation of parallel redundancy. The problem is approached as the optimization problems using th standard method of dynamic programming(DP). The algorithm for solving the optimal redundancy allocation is proposed and then the DP algorithm is applied to two numerical examples such as maximization of reliability subject to an allowable cost-constraint and minimization of the total cost subject to the specified minimum reliability-constraint. A consequence of this study is that the developed computer program package can be applied to the optimal redundancy allocation for the mixed reliability system.