Satisfiability techniques for computing minimal tie sets in reliability assessment
Margaux Duroeulx, Nicolae Brînzei, Marie Duflot, Stephan Merz · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2017
Estimates of system reliability crucially rely on qualitative techniques for determining the impact of component failures. Formally, the structure function of a system determines minimal tie or cut sets that are instrumental for quantitative techniques of reliability assessment. This paper describes three techniques, based on Boolean satisfiability solving, for computing minimal tie sets.