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When is greedy module assembly optimal?

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Many coherent systems are configurations of identically structured modules, each consisting of a number of different components. The objective is to assemble the modules out of a collection of available components, and to install the modules in the system in a way that maximizes reliability. The greedy assembly rule builds one module out of the best available components, another out of the best remaining components, and so on. This article shows that greedy assembly is optimal whenever the modules have a series structure, no matter what the structure of the system in which the modules will be used might be, provided that the modules, once assembled, are installed in the system in an optimal way. The article also demonstrates that series modules are unique in this regard.

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  • David M. Malon, 1990. "When is greedy module assembly optimal?," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(6), pages 847-854, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navres:v:37:y:1990:i:6:p:847-854
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6750(199012)37:63.0.CO;2-Y
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    1. M. V. Koutras & G. K. Papadopoulos & S. G. Papastavridis, 1994. "Note: Pairwise rearrangements in reliability structures," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 41(5), pages 683-687, August.
    2. Frank K. Hwang & Uriel G. Rothblum, 1995. "Some comments on the optimal assembly problem," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 42(5), pages 757-771, August.
    3. Stathis Chadjiconstantinidis & Markos V. Koutras, 1999. "Measures of component importance for markov chain imbeddable reliability structures," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 46(6), pages 613-639, September.
    4. Xiaoyan Zhu & Way Kuo, 2014. "Importance measures in reliability and mathematical programming," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 212(1), pages 241-267, January.
    5. V.D. Dinopoulou & C. Melolidakis, 2001. "Asymptotically optimal component assembly plans in repairable systems and server allocation in parallel multiserver queues," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 48(8), pages 732-746, December.
    6. Laurence A. Baxter & Farid Harche, 1992. "Note: On the greedy algorithm for optimal assembly," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 39(6), pages 833-837, October.

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