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Optimally Reliable Graphs for Both Vertex and Edge Failures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2008

D. H. Smith
D. H. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computing, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Mid-Glamorgan, CF37 1DL, Wales, U.K.
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Abstract

We consider networks in which both the nodes and the links may fail. We represent the network by an undirected graph G. Vertices of the graph fail with probability p and edges of the graph fail with probability q, where all failures are assumed independent. We shall be concerned with minimising the probability P(G) that G is disconnected for graphs with given numbers of vertices and edges. We show how to construct these optimal graphs in many cases when p and q are ‘small’.

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Research Article
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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 93 - 100
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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