ASystematic Procedure forthe Generation ofCostMinimized Designs PETERW.BECKERandBJORNJARKLER
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N *dot Purpose: Report ofsoftware derivation 3 dots Special mathneeded forexplanations: Special notation Special math needforresults: Same Results useful to:Theoretically inclined reliability engineers Product Cost 0 ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~.C InSection IIweconsider thecase whereall N grades canbe grade~~~~~~~~~~ fo eac ofteNcmoet,h.a oti n3 changed ininfilmitesimal steps. Then, under five mildassump- different ways. Witheachimplementation isassociated bothc thecostC andtheprocess reliability R atproduction timetions, we can specify a policy thatmakesitpossible to (also called themanufacturing yield) oftheresulting product. compute alloptimal implementations. InSection IIIwe Eachimplementation ordesign (both wordswill beusedto consider themorerealistic casewhereallN grades canbe meanasetofN component grades) canbeillustrated byadot changed only infinite steps. Again we areabletospecify a asshowninFig. 1.Amongthehugenumber ofpossible policy thatmakesitpossible tocompute alloptimal imple- implementations, thedesigner isonly interested inthose wherementations; however, thecomputational workbecomes un- theyield hasbeenachieved atminimum cost. Suchoptimal manageable. Inthis situation we suggest asuboptimal proce-