Reliability as one of main indices of quality deals with products in service. There has developed the intensive study of distribution types in the reliability theory. Ramified computing systems often have elements which are exposed to aging on output level. Lifetime of such elements is often circumscribed by the Rayleigh distribution. Elements of upper levels have lifetime circumscribed by the ...

To enhance the evaluation of the reliability recently featured many of the approaches linking the probability and fuzzy logic, the multi agent system can provide a connection between fuzzy logic and probability. In this article represents a new application of multi-agent model for evaluating the reliability indices of generation power system. Using agents of the probability for determining capa...

Recent developments in the electric power and problems arising from construction and maintenance of large power plants have raised a great deal of interest in distributed power generation (DG). Distributed generation units due to specifications, technology and location network connectivity can improve system and load point reliability indices. In this paper, the placement and sizing of Distribu...

During the last three decades, reliability analysis of power systems considering transformers, breakers, transmission lines, and generators failure has been widely applied. This analysis has been done especially in the generation and transmission levels and is mainly restricted to high voltage alternating current (HVAC) systems. HVDC transmission systems are becoming increasingly popular when c...

Reliability evaluation of active distribution networks (ADNs) considering customer satisfaction is studied in this paper. Operation optimization model of ADNs is established, which aims to maximize the operation benefit of ADNs using demand response. However, according to optimization decisions, customers may have to change their electricity consumption habit, which affects customer satisfactio...

generally, the failure rate and the repair time of system components are constant parameters in reliability assessment of electric distribution systems. a failure of component is resulted from failing in the operation or overloading. in addition, there exist cases where, the repair times of components are small and tolerable from customer point of view. thus, tolerable repair times may be overl...

This paper presents basic reliability evaluation techniques needed to evaluate the reliability of distribution systems which are applied in distribution system planning and operation. In this paper we consider seven different alternatives and examined on distribution system. Basically the reliability study can also help to predict the reliability performance of the system after quantifying the ...

The present study presents an algorithm that models uncertainties at the structural component level to estimate the performance reliability of RC structures. The method calculates the performance reliability using a systemic approach and incorporates the improved response surface method based on sampling blocks using the first-order reliability method and conditional reliability indices. The re...

The main goal of this paper is to structurally analyze impact of DSM programs on reliability indices. A new approach is presented to structurally decompose reliability index Expected Energy Not Supplied (EENS) by using Monte Carlo simulation. EENS is decomposed into two terms. The first term indicates EENS which is caused by generation contingencies. The second term indicates EENS which is caus...

BACKGROUND/AIM Three-dimensional kinematic measures of gait are routinely used in clinical gait analysis and provide a key outcome measure for gait research and clinical practice. This systematic review identifies and evaluates current evidence for the inter-session and inter-assessor reliability of three-dimensional kinematic gait analysis (3DGA) data. METHOD A targeted search strategy ident...