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An algorithm for reliability analysis of planar graphs. (English) Zbl 0643.90030

Summary: We give an algorithm for the computation of K-terminal reliability in planar graphs, whose worst-case complexity is strictly exponential in the square root of the total number of nodes.

MSC:

90B25 Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research
90B10 Deterministic network models in operations research

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