SOLVING OPTIMAL COMPONENTS ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM FOR A MULTISTATE NETWORK USING FUZZY OPTIMIZATION

International Journal of Mobile Network Communications & Telematics ( IJMNCT), Vol.9, No.3, June 2019
DOI : 10.5121/ijmnct.2019.9301 1
SOLVING OPTIMAL COMPONENTS ASSIGNMENT
PROBLEM FOR A MULTISTATE NETWORK USING
FUZZY OPTIMIZATION
H. Hamdy1
, M. R. Hassan1
, M. Eid1
and M. Khalifa2
1
Computer Science Branch, Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan
University, Egypt.
2
Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University,Qena, Egypt.
ABSTRACT
Optimal components assignment problem subject to system reliability, total lead-time, and total cost
constraints is studied in this paper. The problem is formulated as fuzzy linear problem using fuzzy
membership functions. An approach based on genetic algorithm with fuzzy optimization to sole the
presented problem. The optimal solution found by the proposed approach is characterized by maximum
reliability, minimum total cost and minimum total lead-time. The proposed approach is tested on different
examples taken from the literature to illustrate its efficiency in comparison with other previous methods.
KEYWORDS
Components Assignment Problem, Stochastic-Flow Networks, Network Reliability, Fuzzy Multi-Objective
Linear Programming, Genetic Algorithms.
1. INTRODUCTION
Network reliability of stochastic-flow network (SFN) is defined as the probability that a specified
amount of flow can be transmitted successfully from source to destination through SFN [1].
Components assignment problem (CAP) is one important problem in the field of system
reliability analysis, finding an optimal component assignment is significant to maximize the
system reliability and improve the system performance [2]. Many researchers studied CAP for a
SFN to maximize the network reliability under different constraints, [3], proposed an algorithm to
generate all minimal system states fulfilling the demand, time and budget constraints, then the
system reliability is evaluated in terms of such system states. The authors in [4] focused on
finding the optimal carrier selection based on network reliability criterion under a budget
constraint, an optimization algorithm integrating a genetic algorithm, minimal paths and the
recursive sum of disjoint products is proposed to solve such a problem. Multi-state CAP was
discussed in [5] to maximize the network reliability under an assignment budget constraint, in
which each component has an assignment cost, they suggested an optimization method based on
genetic algorithm. In [6] they studied the optimal network line assignment with maximal network
reliability and minimal total coast, they presented an approach based on Non-dominated Sorting
Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal
Solution (TOPSIS) to solve multi-objective optimization for stochastic computer networks. In
order to solve multi-objective CAP, [7], proposed two-stage approach to solving the multi-

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objective CAP subject to reliability and assignment cost for SFN. In [8] he proposed an approach
to get the exact optimal double-resource assignment for the robust design problem in multistate
computer networks, a minimum capacity assignment for each link and node is searched to keep
the network working even both links and nodes are subject to failures.
In the case of CAP for stochastic-flow network under lead-time constraint,[9], discussed this and
he suggested Genetic Algorithm(GA) to search the optimal components for a minimum total lead-
time that maximizes the system reliability, such that the total lead-time cannot exceed a specified
amount. In addition, [10] studied multi-objective CAP subject to lead-time constraint they
proposed GA based on the NSGA-II to search the optimal components that maximize the
reliability. In the case of each component has both an assignment cost and lead -time constraints,
[11], the CAP for SFN was studied and solved by a proposed approach based on a random
weighted GA. The objective of proposed approach was to maximize the network reliability,
minimize total lead–time and minimize cost.
The concept of decision making in the fuzzy environments is presented by [12]. In [13] illustrated
that without increasing the computational effort, Fuzzy Linear Programming( FLP) problems can
be solved. In addition, [14] presented general look at core ideas that make up the burgeoning
body of fuzzy mathematical programming emphasizing the methodological view, and so [15]
aggregated the concept of multi-objective programming application and using a membership
function of the linear expression to represent and integrate each fuzzy objective, he let the
solution is converted to another form of linear programming solution by using the way solve the
application problem of fuzzy theory. Where in[16] they presented an inexact approach and
recommended genetic algorithm to get a family of inexact solutions with acceptable membership
degree to solve objective and resource type of FLP problems. A type of model of fuzzy quadratic
programming problems is proposed in [17], according to different types of fuzzy resource
constraints and fuzzy objective in actual production problems, they described the fuzzy objective
and resource constraints with different type of membership functions. Furthermore, FLP problem
formulations and membership functions were discussed by many researchers, [18 – 31] to apply
FLP to various problems and improve the obtained solutions.
Recently, FLP is used to solve various problems [32-37]. By using a fuzzy multi-objective GA,
[33] succeed in obtaining high quality solutions to solve the multi-objective decision problem.
While in [34] they applied a fuzzy multi-objective linear programming model to combine the
existed components with a new character by using an optimization method of the highest match.
In [35] a new ranking methods of Subinterval average and subinterval addition is presented in
order to solve FLP problem. A fuzzy linear programming model for a problem of food industry is
presented and solved by [36] .The FLP is applied to the tri generation system (power generation,
heat generation, and the generation of cooling effect), [37], to find the optimal design to the
proposed system.
The aim of this paper is to solve the CAP for an SFN under system reliability, total lead time and
total cost constraints. An approach based on fuzzy linear programming is presented to solve the
CAP.
The paper is organized as follows: Section 2 illustrates needed notations. Section 3 presents the
problem formulation. Next, section 4 illustrates the fuzzy linear formulation to the presented
problem. Section 5 explains the proposed multi-objective GA based on fuzzy linear

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programming. To demonstrate the usability of the proposed approach, several examples included
in Section 6. Section 7 presents comparison and discussion, the last section shows conclusion.
2. NOTATIONS
𝑁 No. of nodes.
𝑣 {𝑎 𝑒|1 ≤ 𝑒 ≤ 𝑣} : No. of arcs.
𝑀𝑃𝑠 Minimal paths.
𝑛𝑝 Number of minimal paths.
𝑚𝑝𝑗 Minimal path no. 𝑗; 𝑗 = 1, 2, … , 𝑛𝑝.
𝑣𝑐 The number of available components.
𝑣𝑛 𝑘 The components number 𝑘, 𝑘 = 1,2, … , 𝑣𝑐.
𝑙(𝑣𝑛 𝑘) Lead time of components𝑣𝑛 𝑘.
𝑐(𝑣𝑛 𝑘) Cost of components𝑣𝑛 𝑘.
𝐿𝑗 The lead time of𝑚𝑝𝑗.
𝑅 𝑑,𝑇 The system reliability to the demand d under time limit 𝑇, for simplicity using 𝑅.
𝓍 Capacity vector defined as 𝒳 = (𝑥1, 𝑥2, … . . , 𝑥 𝑒,).
𝑃 (𝑝1, 𝑝2, … , 𝑝 𝑣) The components assignment in which 𝑣𝑛 𝑘 is assigned to the arc 𝑎 𝑒 if
𝑝 𝑒 = 𝑘.
𝑆𝑙( 𝑃) Total lead time.
𝐶( 𝑃) Total cost.
𝒮 Population size.
ℊ Maximum number of generations.
𝑔𝑛 Generation number.
𝑔 𝑚 GA mutation rate.
𝑔𝑐 GA crossover rate.
𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
Minimum acceptable feasible values of𝑆𝑙( 𝑃).
𝑆𝑙
0
Maximum acceptable feasible values of𝑆𝑙( 𝑃).
𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 Maximum acceptable feasible values of 𝑅 .
𝑅0 Minimum acceptable feasible values of 𝑅 .
𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗 Minimum acceptable feasible values of 𝐶( 𝑃).
𝐶0 Maximum acceptable feasible values of 𝐶( 𝑃).
𝜇(R) Fuzzy objective membership functions of 𝑅 .
𝜇( 𝑆𝑙) Fuzzy objective membership functions of 𝑆𝑙( 𝑃).
𝜇( 𝐶) Fuzzy objective membership functions of𝐶( 𝑃).
α The acceptable membership degree level.
3. PROBLEM FORMULATION
The mathematical programming formulation of the multi-objective optimization problem to
maximize system reliability of a flow network, minimize the total lead-time and cost illustrating
as follow:
Maximize 𝑅 𝑑,𝑇( 𝑃) (1)
Minimize 𝑆𝑙( 𝑃) (2)
Minimize𝐶( 𝑃) (3)

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Subject to:
𝑝 𝑒 = 𝑘, 𝑘 ∈ {1,2, … , 𝑣𝑐}for e = 1,2, … , v. (4)
𝑝 𝑒 ≠ 𝑝ℎfor 𝑒 ≠ ℎ (5)
𝐿𝑗 ≤ 𝑇, j = 1,2, … , np (6)
Where:
𝐿𝑗 = ∑ 𝑙(𝑝 𝑒
𝑉
𝑒=1 ) |
𝑝 𝑒 ∈ 𝑚𝑝𝑗
(7)
𝑆𝑙( 𝑃) = ∑ 𝑙(𝑝 𝑒
𝑉
𝑒=1 ) (8)
𝐶( 𝑃) = ∑ 𝐶(𝑝 𝑒
𝑉
𝑒=1 ) (9)
And, constraints (4) and (5) emphasize that each link should be given one component and that
each component can be assigned to at most one link. All feasible component assignments are
generated using constraints (4) and (5). Constraint (6) assures that the lead-time of the path 𝑀𝑃𝑗
(𝐿𝑗) is less than the time limit (𝑇), [9].
4. FUZZY LINEAR FORMULATION
To transform the mathematical formulation defined in section 3 into fuzzy linear formulation we
will define that𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 ,𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
and 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗are the objective values with the consideration that
𝑅 ≤ 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 ,𝑆𝑙( 𝑃) ≥ 𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
, 𝐶( 𝑃) ≥ 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗.
𝜇( 𝑅) =
{
1 if 𝑅 > 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗
1 −
𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 − 𝑅
𝒫0
𝑖𝑓 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 − 𝒫0 ≤ 𝑅 ≤ 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗
0 if 𝑅 < 𝑅0
(10)
𝜇( 𝑆𝑙) =
{
1 𝑖𝑓 𝑆𝑙( 𝑃) < 𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
1 −
𝑆𝑙( 𝑃) − 𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
𝒫1
𝑖𝑓 𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
≤ 𝑆𝑙( 𝑃) ≤ 𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
+ 𝒫1 (11)
0 𝑖𝑓 𝑆𝑙( 𝑃) > 𝑆𝑙
0
And,
𝜇( 𝐶)
{
1 𝑖𝑓 𝐶( 𝑃) < 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗
1 −
𝐶( 𝑃) − 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗
𝒫2
𝑖𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗 ≤ 𝐶( 𝑃) ≤ 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗 + 𝒫2 (12)
0 𝑖𝑓 𝐶( 𝑃) > 𝐶0
Where:
𝒫0Tolerance of𝜇( 𝑆𝑙), 𝒫0 = 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 − 𝑅0.
𝒫1Tolerance of𝜇( 𝑅), 𝒫1 = 𝑆𝑙
0
− 𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
.
𝒫2Tolerance of𝜇( 𝐶), 𝒫2 = 𝐶0 − 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗.

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Hence, the membership function of the decision space 𝑆̅ is 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃)is given by:
Max 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃) = Max{0, min{𝜇(R), 𝜇( 𝑆𝑙), 𝜇( 𝐶)}} (13)
5. THE GENETIC ALGORITHM
5.1. Chromosome Representation
The chromosome 𝑃 contains 𝑣fields, where 𝑣is the number of arcs (components) for the network.
Each field in 𝑐ℎrepresents the components number assigned to an arc.
𝑃 = (𝑝1, 𝑝2,… , 𝑝 𝑣)
Where𝑝1, 𝑝2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝 𝑣are random component numbers between 1 and𝑣𝑐, this mean that the
component 𝑝1is assigned to arc𝑎1, the component 𝑝2 is assigned to arc 𝑎2,…and the component
𝑝 𝑣is assigned to arc 𝑎 𝑣.
5.2. Initial Population
The initial population is generated according to the following steps:
Step1: randomly generate chromosome 𝑃 in the initial population in the form:
𝑃 = (𝑝1, 𝑝2, … , 𝑝 𝑣).
Step 2: calculate 𝑅, 𝐶( 𝑃) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑙( 𝑃).
Step 3: calculate the membership function of the decision space 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃) using equation 13.
Step4: if 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃) of the generated chromosome in step 1 is less than 𝛼 discard it and go to step1.
Step 5: repeat step 1to 3 to generate 𝒮chromosomes.
5.3. The Fitness Function
We take the membership function of the fuzzy optimal solution, 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃)as the fitness function 𝐹 of
the genetic algorithm.
5.4. Genetic Selection
We will use the roulette wheel selection method to select the parent population to the next
generation from the current population as follow:
Step 1: calculate a cumulative probability for each chromosome 𝑝𝑟( 𝑔𝑛), 𝑔𝑛 = 1,2, … , 𝒮 by:
𝑝𝑟( 𝑔𝑛) =
𝜇 𝑠̅(𝑃)
∑ 𝜇 𝑠̅(𝑃)+ 𝜀𝒮
𝑔𝑛=1
(14)
Where𝜀 is small positive integer, it used to guarantee a nonzero denominator.
Step 2: generate random real number 𝑟 in [0, 1].
Step 3: if r ≤ 𝑝𝑟(1) , select the first chromosome, otherwise select the 𝑔𝑛𝑡ℎ chromosome
(2 ≤ 𝑔𝑛 ≤ 𝒮) 𝑖𝑓 𝑝𝑟( 𝑔𝑛 − 1) < 𝑟 ≤ 𝑝𝑟( 𝑔𝑛).
Step 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3, 𝒮 times and obtain 𝒮 chromosomes.

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5.5. Genetic Crossover Operation
In the proposed GA, uniform crossover is used to breed a child from two parents by randomly
taking a component from the corresponding component of the child as shown in fig.1.The
crossover operation is performed as follows:
Step 1: select two chromosome according to the selection strategy, section 5.4.
Step 2: randomly take a component from one of the two chromosomes to form a corresponding
components of the child.
Step3: repeat step 2 until the components of the child fill up perfectly.
Figure 1.Uniform crossover operator
5.6. Genetic Mutation Operation
A child undergoes mutation according to the mutation probability 𝑔 𝑚 and the mutation
probability for each component𝑔 𝑚 .
Step 1: generate a random number 𝑟1 ∈ [0,1].
Step 2: if𝑟1 < 𝑔 𝑚, the chromosome is chosen to mutate and go to step 3, otherwise skip this
chromosome.
Step 3: for each component of the child do:
Step 3.1: Generate a random number 𝑟2 ∈ [0,1].
Step 3.2: if 𝑟2 < 𝑔 𝑚 then mutate this component as follows:
Step 3.2.1: if𝑝𝑗 = 𝑣𝑛 𝑘, then randomly choose one in {1,2, … , 𝑣𝑐} − {𝑣𝑛 𝑘}.
Step 3.2.2:if previous step does not achieve skip this component.
Figure 2 shows an example of performing the mutation operation on a given chromosome.
Figure 2. Mutation operation
5.7. The Proposed Algorithm
This section presents the proposed GA for solving the multi-objective optimization problem to
maximize system reliability of a flow network, minimize the total lead-time and cost which
described in section 3, with its fuzzy linear optimization presented in section 4.the steps of this
algorithm are as follow:
Step 1: Set the parameters:𝒮, ℊ, 𝑔 𝑚, 𝑔𝑐, 𝑆𝑙
𝑜𝑏𝑗
, 𝑆𝑙
0
, 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗, 𝑅0, 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑗, 𝐶0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 α .
Step 2: Generate the initial population and calculate the membership function for each
chromosome in it according to equations 10, 11, 12 and 13.
Step 3: Calculate the fitness function 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃)and cumulative probability 𝑝𝑟( 𝑔𝑛) for each
chromosome 𝑃 in the current population using equation 13,14.

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Step 4:In the new generation set 𝑘 = 0.
Step 5: To obtain one child select two chromosomes from the current population according to𝑔𝑐,
apply crossover then mutate the new child according to 𝑔 𝑚 parameter.
Step 6:Evaluate the current child ( 𝑃) by calculating 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃).
Step 7: If 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃) ≥ 𝛼 then increment 𝑘.Otherwise go to step 5.
Step 8: If 𝑔𝑛 < 𝒮 then goto step 9.
Step 9: Save best solution with high 𝜇 𝑠̅( 𝑃).
Step 10: Set 𝑔𝑛 = 𝑔𝑛 + 1.
Step 11: If 𝑔𝑛 = ℊexit, otherwise go to step 4.
6. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
In this section we illustrated the results of applying the proposed approach on three networks,
four nodes, six nodes and TANET (Taiwan Academic Network). The genetic parameters used in
the proposed GA are: 𝒮 = 10, ℊ = 100, 𝑔𝑐 = 0.95, 𝑔 𝑚 = 0.05, 0.3 ≤ 𝛼 ≤ 0.8.
6.1. Four Node Network Example
The network shown in Figure3 has four nodes and six arcs. The capacity, probability, lead-time
and cost of each component (𝑣𝑛) is shown in Table1. There are six minimal paths:
𝑚𝑝1 = {𝑎1, 𝑎2}, 𝑚𝑝2 = {𝑎1, 𝑎5, 𝑎8},mp3 = {a1, a2, a6}, mp4 = {a1, a2, a7a8}, mp5
= {𝑎3, 𝑎6} 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑝6
= {𝑎3, 𝑎7, 𝑎8}.We studied different values for T under different values of 𝛼 when d=4 as
illustrated in table 2, 3, 4, 5.where 𝑐 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 200, 𝑐0 = 250, 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 0.99, 𝑅 = 0.9, 𝑆 𝑜𝑏𝑗, = 9, 𝑆0 =
12.
Figure3. Computer network with 4 nodes and 6 arcs
Table 1. Components capacities, probabilities, lead-time and cost.
𝒗𝒏 𝒌
Capacity
𝒍(𝒗𝒏 𝒌) 𝒄(𝒗𝒏 𝒌)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.97 2 10
2 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.15 0.20 0.50 0 3 60
3 0.07 0.08 0.00 0.85 0 0 0 2 10
4 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0 2 20
5 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.94 1 50

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Table 2. Optimal results founded by proposed approach to the network in fig.3, when T=6.
d,t 𝛂 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝛍𝐬 𝐑 𝐝,𝐭 𝐒𝐥(𝐩) 𝐂(𝐩) Assigned components
4,6
0.3 0.6 0.991259 10 220 5 9 4 8 1 3
0.4 0.6 0.988174 10 220 8 5 4 3 9 1
0.5 0.6 0.959904 10 220 8 5 4 3 1 9
0.6 0.6 0.988120 10 220 4 5 8 9 3 1
Table 3. Optimal results founded by proposed approach to the network in fig.3, when T=7.
d,t 𝛂 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝛍𝐬 𝐑 𝐝,𝐭 𝐒𝐥(𝐩) 𝐂(𝐩) Assigned components
4,7
0.3 0.4 0.975702 10 230 3 9 4 8 1 5
0.4 0.6 0.969527 10 220 9 3 8 1 5 4
0.5 0.6 0.980725 10 220 8 3 4 9 1 5
0.6 0.6 0.987968 10 220 8 5 3 9 4 1
Table 4.Optimal results founded by proposed approach to the network in fig.3, when T=8.
d,t 𝛂 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝛍𝐬 𝐑 𝐝,𝐭 𝐒𝐥(𝐩) 𝐂(𝐩) Assigned components
4,8
0.3 0.6 0.996651 10 220 9 1 8 4 3 5
0.4 0.6 0.996418 10 220 5 9 4 8 1 3
0.5 0.6 0.972226 10 220 3 9 1 8 5 4
0.6 0.6 0.987288 10 220 4 1 3 9 8 5
Table 5.Optimal results founded by proposed approach to the network in fig.3, when T=9.
d,t 𝛂 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝝁𝒔 𝐑 𝐝,𝐭 𝐒𝐥(𝐩) 𝐂(𝐩) Assigned components
4,9
0.3 0.6 0.990578 10 220 5 9 4 8 3 1
0.4 0.6 0.986147 10 220 8 5 4 1 9 3
0.5 0.6 0.962853 10 220 3 9 4 1 8 5
0.6 0.6 0.995077 10 220 9 1 3 4 8 5
6.2. Six-Node Network Example
The network has six nodes and 9 links (Fig. 4), [9].The 𝑀𝑃𝑠 are as follow:
𝑚𝑝1 = {𝑎1, 𝑎4, 𝑎9}, 𝑚𝑝2 = {𝑎1, 𝑎4, 𝑎7, 𝑎8}, 𝑚𝑝3 = {𝑎1, 𝑎5, 𝑎8}, 𝑚𝑝4 = {𝑎1, 𝑎5, 𝑎7, 𝑎9},
𝑚𝑝5 = {𝑎1, 𝑎3, 𝑎6 𝑎8}, 𝑚𝑝6 = {𝑎1, 𝑎3, 𝑎6, 𝑎7, 𝑎9}, 𝑚𝑝7 = {𝑎2, 𝑎6 𝑎8}, 𝑚𝑝8 = {𝑎2, 𝑎6, 𝑎7, 𝑎9},
𝑚𝑝9 = {𝑎2, 𝑎3 𝑎4, 𝑎9}, 𝑚𝑝10 = {𝑎2, 𝑎3, 𝑎4, 𝑎7, 𝑎8}, 𝑚𝑝11 = {𝑎2, 𝑎3 𝑎5, 𝑎8}, 𝑚𝑝12 = {𝑎2, 𝑎3, 𝑎5, 𝑎7, 𝑎9}.
6 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.98 3 60
7 0.50 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 3 20
8 0.25 0.25 0.50 0 0 0 0 1 50
9 0.15 0.25 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.20 2 80
10 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.90 0 0 0 2 100

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We studied different values for d, T under different values for 𝛼 as illustrated in table 7, 8,9,10
.where
cobj = 450, c0 = 550, Robj = 0.99, R0 = 0.9, Sobj = 14, S0 = 19.
Figure 4. The six-nodes network example
Table 6. Arc capacity, probability, lead-time, and cost for the 20 available components
Table 7.Optimal solutions founded by proposed approach to the network in fig.4, when d=6, T=7.
6,7
0.3 0.915 0.982329 12 500 17 12 8 14 1 10 11 5 16
0.4 0.845 0.976077 12 430 12 11 8 14 1 15 17 5 16
0.5 0.940 0.984567 12 420 17 12 8 1 3 10 16 5 11
0.6 0.773 0.969599 12 410 8 5 11 3 9 10 17 12 16
0.7 0.987 0.988833 12 440 5 16 11 1 19 14 8 17 12
0.8 0.948 0.985344 12 450 12 17 11 3 1 19 16 5 8
𝒗𝒏 𝒌
Capacity
𝒍(𝒗𝒏 𝒌) 𝒄(𝒗𝒏 𝒌)
0 1 3 4 5 6
1 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.97 2 10
2 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.15 0.20 0.50 0 3 60
3 0.07 0.08 0.00 0.85 0 0 0 2 10
4 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0 2 20
5 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.94 1 50
6 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.98 3 60
7 0.50 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 3 20
8 0.25 0.25 0.50 0 0 0 0 1 50
9 0.15 0.25 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.20 2 80
10 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.90 0 0 0 2 100
11 0.01 0.99 0 0 0 0 0 1 70
12 0.02 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.88 1 60
13 0.07 0.00 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.65 0 3 10
14 0.05 0.05 0.90 0 0 0 0 2 20
15 0.60 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 2 50
16 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.85 0 0 1 60
17 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.70 0 0 0 1 20
18 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0 3 50
19 0.07 0.18 0.75 0 0 0 0 2 80
`20 0.40 0.40 0.20 0 0 0 0 3 100
s t
a4
a6
a9
a8
a1
a2
a5 a7a3

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Table 8. Optimal solutions founded by proposed approach to the network in fig.4, when d=6, T=8.
6,8
0.3 0.991 0.989161 14 500 12 17 16 15 10 3 5 14 1
0.4 0.999 0.989945 12 460 5 17 11 10 12 16 8 1 9
0.5 0.972 0.987453 12 510 5 16 11 12 10 8 17 1 9
0.6 0.981 0.988298 12 430 10 8 17 1 16 11 15 5 12
0.7 0.972 0.987471 13 330 5 10 17 1 14 3 16 8 12
0.8 0.990 0.989110 12 460 12 17 8 5 19 15 11 4 1
6,9
0.3 0.992 0.989316 14 440 3 11 14 9 19 12 16 5 4
0.4 0.978 0.987985 14 390 14 17 11 9 10 12 3 5 4
0.5 0.997 0.989773 14 420 3 11 8 9 14 12 15 5 1
0.6 0.997 0.989724 14 440 12 16 17 1 19 10 4 5 9
0.7 0.981 0.988318 13 380 1 17 14 5 3 11 10 12 8
0.8 0.926 0.983324 14 510 5 10 11 17 16 14 4 1 15
8,9
0.3 0.999 0.989896 14 420 5 9 4 1 10 19 17 16 12
0.4 0.999 0.989895 14 350 12 17 16 1 9 10 4 19 5
0.5 0.994 0.989474 14 400 12 3 19 5 9 10 16 1 17
0.6 0.992 0.989280 13 510 5 1 17 16 12 3 8 10 14
0.7 0.984 0.988565 14 410 12 1 17 9 19 10 8 5 3
0.8 0.986 0.988716 14 500 1 19 11 3 12 9 14 5 16
6.3. THE TANET EXAMPLE
In this section, we study the Taiwan Academic Network (TANET) with 30 and 33 links.The
available 80 components are shown in Table 11, [7],in addition ,we study TANET with 33 links
using different components information shown in table 20 , [38].
6.3.1. The TANET with 30 Links
TANET with one source and one sink as shown in figure 5 has 6 MPs found by [7]. The 6 paths
are as follows: 𝑚𝑝1 = {𝑎1, 𝑎2, 𝑎3, 𝑎4, 𝑎5, 𝑎6, 𝑎7, 𝑎8, 𝑎9, 𝑎10, 𝑎11, 𝑎12, 𝑎13},
𝑚𝑝2 = {𝑎1, 𝑎2, 𝑎21, 𝑎15, 𝑎16, 𝑎17, 𝑎19, 𝑎20}, 𝑚𝑝3 = {𝑎1, 𝑎2, 𝑎3, 𝑎4, 𝑎5, 𝑎6, 𝑎7, 𝑎8, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎20},
𝑚𝑝4 = {𝑎14, 𝑎15, 𝑎16, 𝑎17, 𝑎19, 𝑎20}, 𝑚𝑝5 = {𝑎22, 𝑎23, 𝑎24, 𝑎25, 𝑎26, 𝑎27, 𝑎28},
𝑚𝑝6 = {𝑎22, 𝑎23, 𝑎24, 𝑎25, 𝑎26, 𝑎27, 𝑎29, 𝑎30}.
The corresponding lead-time for each component is randomly assigned in this article.We studied
different values for d, T under different values for 𝛼 as illustrated in table 14,15,16,17.
Where𝑐 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 1700, 𝑐0 = 2000, 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 0.999, 𝑅0 = 0.9, , 𝑆 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 66, 𝑆0 = 80.

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Table 11. Component information.
𝐯𝐧 𝐤
Capacity
𝐥(𝐯𝐧 𝐤) 𝐜(𝐯𝐧 𝐤)
0 1 2 3 4
1 0.0004 0.0392 0.9604 0 0 1 10
2 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 1 60
3 0.000343 0.013671 0.181629 0.804357 0 1 10
4 0.015 0.985 0 0 0 2 20
5 0.0016 0.0768 0.9216 0 0 2 50
6 0.005929 0 0.142142 0 0.851929 1 60
7 0.003 0 0.997 0 0 2 20
8 0.007225 0 0.15555 0 0.837225 1 50
9 0.005929 0 0.142142 0 0.851929 1 80
10 0.003 0.997 0 0 0 2 100
11 0.034 0.966 0 0 0 2 70
12 0.0036 0.1128 0.8836 0 0 3 75
13 0.000001 0.000297 0.029403 0.970299 0 2 85
14 0.000784 0.054432 0.944784 0 0 1 35
15 0.000225 0.02955 0.970225 0 0 1 45
16 0.095 0.905 0 0 0 3 20
17 0.005776 0.140448 0.853776 0 0 3 30
18 0.000625 0.04875 0.950625 0 0 2 30
19 0.000729 0.022113 0.223587 0.753571 0 1 40
20 0.001 0.027 0.243 0.729 0 2 30
21 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 1 30
22 0.004225 0.12155 0.874225 0 0 3 60
23 0.005929 0 0.142142 0 0.851929 1 80
24 0.003 0 0.997 0 0 2 90
25 0.000216 0.010152 0.159048 0.830584 0 3 100
26 0.034 0.966 0 0 0 2 65
27 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 2 75
28 0.000343 0.013671 0.181629 0.80435 0 1 85
29 0.001 0.027 0.243 0.729 0 3 40
30 0.0009 0.0582 0.9409 0 0 2 40
31 0.002809 0.100382 0.896809 0 0 1 50
32 0.000166375 0.008575875 0.147349125 0.843908625 0 2 50
33 0.000125 0.007125 0.135375 0.857375 0 2 50
34 0.0001 0.0198 0.9801 0 0 1 60
35 0.025 0.975 0 0 0 3 60
36 0.024 0.976 0 0 0 3 30
37 0.000125 0.007125 0.135375 0.857375 0 2 30
38 0.000110592 0.006580224 0.130507776 0.862801408 0 1 30
39 0.0001 0 0.0198 0 0.9801 1 30
40 0.001849 0 0.082302 0 0.915849 3 40
41 0.001024 0.061952 0.937024 0 0 2 70
42 0.000676 0.050648 0.948676 0 0 2 70

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43 0.007921 0.162158 0.829921 0 0 4 80
44 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 2 80
45 0.001 0.027 0.243 0.729 0 5 90
46 0.097 0 0.903 0 0 4 95
47 0.000001 0.000297 0.029403 0.970299 0 3 20
48 0.022 0.978 0 0 2 20
49 0.000256 0 0.031488 0 0.968256 1 20
50 0.001225 0 0.06755 0 0.931225 1 20
51 0.025 0.975 0 0 0 3 25
52 0.000274625 0.011851125 0.170473875 0.817400375 0.000274625 2 25
53 0.000529 0 0.044942 0 0.954529 3 30
54 0.000144 0 0.023712 0 0.976144 1 60
55 0.000216 0.010152 0.159048 0.830584 0 2 70
56 0.000117649 0.006850053 0.132946947 0.860085351 0 1 70
57 0.046 0 0.954 0 0 2 80
58 0.083 0 0.917 0 0 3 60
59 0.000015625 0.001828125 0.071296875 0.926859375 0 3 60
60 0.000274625 0.011851125 0.170473875 0.817400375 0 2 10
61 0.001369 0.071262 0.927369 0 0 2 10
62 0.000001 0.000297 0.029403 0.970299 0 2 15
63 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 3 15
64 0.006084 0.143832 0.850084 0 0 2 25
65 0.004096 0.119808 0.876096 0 0 5 25
66 0.003481 0.111038 0.885481 0 0 4 55
67 0.035 0.965 0 0 0 2 55
68 0.022 0 0.978 0 0 3 70
69 0.000166375 0.008575875 0.147349125 0.843908625 0 3 70
70 0.000042875 0.003546375 0.097778625 0.898632125 0 3 70
71 0.000024389 0.002449833 0.082027167 0.915498611 0 2 60
72 0.000324 0 0.035352 0 0.964324 1 50
73 0.000000343 0.000145971 0.020707029 0.979146657 0 2 40
74 0.004356 0.123288 0.872356 0 0 3 40
75 0.055 0.945 0 0 0 2 40
76 0.001936 0.084128 0.913936 0 0 5 80
77 0.000035937 0.003159189 0.092573811 0.904231063 0 4 100
78 0.000484 0 0.043032 0 0.956484 2 100
79 0.000121 0 0.021758 0 0.978121 1 40
80 0.001 0.999 0 0 0 2 60

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Figure 5. TANET with 30links Figure 6. TANET with 33 links
4,16
0.3 0.565 0.999614 42 1485
8 79 54 28 49 34 37 42 2 1 14 9 39 13 61
64 72 23 56 55 41 52 31 78 5 4 19 32 48 73
0.4 0.991 0.998111 43 1485
28 8 10 1 14 79 64 50 3 21 56 54 19 6 11
48 57 60 23 15 44 30 26 4 78 2 73 72 39 71
0.5 0.937 0.992714 44 1440
8 79 54 28 49 34 37 42 2 1 14 9 39 13 31
64 72 23 56 55 41 52 61 78 5 4 19 32 48 73
0.6 0.993 0.998347 43 1460
34 6 50 27 54 49 31 39 2 21 75 79 1 24 20
73 44 30 64 56 71 19 9 67 52 28 14 37 57 8
0.7 0.989 0.997924 46 1340
14 3 21 50 8 23 5 28 79 1 56 39 10 80 37 4
61 33 71 49 78 55 27 19 52 20 54 44 7 41
0.8 0.992 0.998211 45 1340
9 38 34 19 8 28 14 56 78 79 31 6 60 49 15
75 44 21 71 1 13 30 27 10 37 61 26 42 7 80
6,16
0.3 0.998 0.998768 40 1475
9 4 1 39 54 56 31 38 80 6 72 28 19 23 34
57 21 44 49 27 18 30 61 73 24 79 32 71
50 14
0.4 0.998 0.998782 42 1615
72 21 34 56 3 28 8 50 6 71 67 1 19 73 23
15 13 38 78 39 49 37 61 31 26 18 48 79
41 4

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0.5 0.996 0.998603 44 1615
50 28 1 32 15 54 39 2 34 72 37 14 49 57
5 60 67 61 23 79 33 19 30 55 27 7 3 78
38 18
0.6 0.987 0.997724 41 1480
79 19 1 6 42 33 38 2 72 39 54 8 49 21 10
31 14 80 75 3 4 56 23 60 13 55 44 15 73
34
0.7 0.999 0.998926 41 1345
2 28 49 31 8 54 79 39 52 18 6 50 72 33
14 73 38 27 61 71 3 1 44 23 13 60 15 20
19 21
0.8 0.999 0.998934 42 1485
9 4 1 39 54 56 31 38 80 6 72 28 19 23 34
57 21 44 49 27 18 30 61 73 24 79 32 71
50 14
8,18
0.3 0.960 0.995038 44 1345
14 6 72 64 49 56 55 54 80 31 60 9 39 75
34 38 15 73 4 67 1 62 3 18 2 23 79 57 20
24
0.4 0.998 0.998810 43 1425
31 28 72 2 49 39 6 3 80 1 60 56 14 18 34
19 15 50 4 10 26 7 9 79 55 44 64 30 20 5
0.5 0.996 0.998596 44 1425
72 44 3 2 20 15 28 27 78 21 19 8 14 32 73
61 23 38 1 9 26 54 71 31 5 33 49 42 52 62
0.6 0.990 0.998026 46 1390
14 6 72 64 49 56 55 54 80 31 60 9 39 75
34 38 15 73 4 67 1 62 3 18 2 23 79 57 20
24
0.7 0.981 0.997163 46 1390
32 56 6 49 48 42 54 9 2 23 18 3 79 44 11
34 20 61 21 67 26 14 7 8 39 1 71 57 55 15
0.8 0.969 0.995945 44 1580
21 6 49 8 27 72 2 44 24 28 52 9 54 32 57
67 13 75 50 4 79 33 31 73 39 62 23 56 38
41
9,18
0.3 0.972 0.996221 45 1580
23 71 38 1 21 26 78 5 2 34 54 15 50 62 33
42 60 61 3 49 48 56 32 13 6 7 14 27 73 8
0.4 0.980 0.997066 43 1320
23 71 19 1 39 26 28 5 38 34 21 15 79 62 27
42 9 61 3 49 60 56 32 13 54 7 50 33 78 8
0.5 0.975 0.996522 46 1320
32 30 54 2 48 19 23 1 38 3 18 49 79 57 11 8
20 37 21 27 26 78 7 60 39 52 71 6 55 34
0.6 0.988 0.997803 46 1430
79 3 21 61 78 62 15 49 28 31 64 6 39 32 7
80 67 48 4 75 60 55 38 56 34 50 13 23 24 20
0.7 0.990 0.997983 44 1515
60 72 28 9 54 23 56 67 55 34 30 38 3 62 78
64 37 52 32 50 42 14 13 1 31 39 48 71 15 8
0.8 0.915 0.990616 45 1450
19 21 3 61 39 49 72 73 38 79 52 37 2 13 57
33 24 6 27 20 60 56 34 55 54 30 50 7 78 14
6.3.2. The TANET with 33 Links
TANET with two sources and two sinks shown in Figure 6, it has 14 MPs found by [38].The 14
paths are as follows:
𝑚𝑝1 = {𝑎4, 𝑎32, 𝑎17, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎12, 𝑎13, 𝑎14, 𝑎15, 𝑎16}, 𝑚𝑝2
= { 𝑎4, 𝑎32, 𝑎17, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎20, 𝑎21, 𝑎22},
𝑚𝑝3 = {𝑎5, 𝑎17, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎12, 𝑎13, 𝑎14, 𝑎15, 𝑎16}, 𝑚𝑝4 = {𝑎5, 𝑎17, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎20, 𝑎21, 𝑎22},

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𝑚𝑝5 = {𝑎6, 𝑎7, 𝑎8, 𝑎9, 𝑎10, 𝑎11, 𝑎12, 𝑎13, 𝑎14, 𝑎15, 𝑎16}, 𝑚𝑝6
= {𝑎6, 𝑎7, 𝑎8, 𝑎9, 𝑎10, 𝑎11, 𝑎20, 𝑎21, 𝑎22},
𝑚𝑝7 = {𝑎1, 𝑎32, 𝑎17, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎12, 𝑎13, 𝑎14, 𝑎15, 𝑎16}, 𝑚𝑝8 = {𝑎1, 𝑎32, 𝑎17, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎20, 𝑎21, 𝑎22},
𝑚𝑝9 = {𝑎5, 𝑎17, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎12, 𝑎13, 𝑎14, 𝑎15, 𝑎16}, 𝑚𝑝10 = {𝑎2, 𝑎17, 𝑎18, 𝑎19, 𝑎20, 𝑎21, 𝑎22},
𝑚𝑝11 = {𝑎3, 𝑎23, 𝑎24, 𝑎25, 𝑎26, 𝑎27, 𝑎28}, 𝑚𝑝12 = {𝑎3, 𝑎23, 𝑎24, 𝑎25, 𝑎26, 𝑎27, 𝑎29},
𝑚𝑝13 = {𝑎3, 𝑎23, 𝑎24, 𝑎25, 𝑎26, 𝑎27, 𝑎33, 𝑎30}, 𝑚𝑝14 = {𝑎3, 𝑎23, 𝑎24, 𝑎25, 𝑎26, 𝑎27, 𝑎33, 𝑎31}.
We studied different values for d, T under different values for 𝛼as illustrated in table 19, 20, 21,
22.Where 𝑐 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 1700, 𝑐0 = 2000, 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 0.999, 𝑅0 = 0.9, , 𝑆 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 66, 𝑆0 = 80.
Table 16. Optimal results founded by proposed approach to the network in fig.6, when d=4, T=16.
4,16
0.3 0.989 0.999782 60 1725
69 75 11 36 45 71 67 56 27 15 1 50 72 23
3 21 34 14 12 2 5 41 39 60 33 20 38 37
22 64 43 42 19
0.4 0.989 0.999916 56 1665
57 18 72 40 17 8 31 21 15 43 30 54 56 14
6 3 2 49 62 73 38 24 35 16 1 50 79 58 71
10 67 11 7
0.5 0.999 0.998866 60 1653
27 2 14 67 5 75 54 38 52 78 3 28 7 50 8
19 23 62 20 71 58 9 15 68 31 13 69 11 79
60 32 80 44
0.6 0.986 0.997640 60 1585
29 4 56 69 68 32 52 50 6 21 9 28 75 38
15 71 10 31 3 79 41 33 48 8 19 44 72 78
42 76 30 34 11
0.7 0.986 0.997638 53 1675
24 1 8 12 58 32 11 4 28 15 72 21 67 6 2
3 5 79 44 71 49 31 16 60 26 19 57 78 30
9 38 39 42
0.8 0.997 0.998729 56 1480
4 78 31 33 74 71 38 3 1 72 63 50 56 8 64
79 80 5 9 2 14 53 77 15 30 55 7 61 23 37
13 52 49
6,16
0.3 0.991 0.998143 58 1495
17 23 39 16 67 1 5 22 79 72 15 10 8 3
49 54 52 28 60 24 32 6 9 64 44 37 31 18
73 58 51 56 80
0.4 0.742 0.973425 57 1520
57 18 71 40 17 8 31 21 15 43 30 54 56
14 6 3 2 49 62 73 38 24 35 16 1 50 79
58 72 10 67 11 7
0.5 0.999 0.998894 58 1580
18 56 23 48 65 11 26 8 9 28 44 19 61 31
49 6 21 79 34 64 39 51 42 1 4 3 33 25
29 24 12 50 59
0.6 0.941 0.993122 55 1695
73 31 11 61 53 2 13 21 78 32 57 39 54
38 19 49 6 27 28 8 37 14 17 15 1 23 50
76 24 4 56 41 69
0.7 0.988 0.997793 61 1615
1 67 13 32 45 37 2 15 57 75 34 38 78 50
39 3 19 24 9 61 8 71 23 40 14 55 21 41
22 51 17 73 7
0.8 0.956 0.994633 53 1675
24 1 8 12 58 32 11 4 28 15 72 21 67 6 2
3 5 39 44 71 49 31 16 60 26 19 57 78 30
9 38 79 42

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Table 18. Optimal results founded by proposed approach to the network in in fig.6, when d=8, T=18.
8,18
0.3 0.705 0.969841 58 1745
44 46 21 80 1 6 26 33 23 39 40 34 14 28
12 79 15 4 55 20 70 18 50 37 71 49 7 24
30 65 56 42 75
0.4 0.848 0.983954 60 1715
13 68 24 31 76 72 39 56 38 50 25 6 48 9
11 10 79 14 34 47 8 30 18 59 37 21 15 16
17 26 12 3 23
0.5 0.586 0.957987 60 1615
55 40 5 17 20 73 49 30 6 4 32 10 71 21 1
2 67 56 9 34 14 3 24 75 28 19 53 54 65 42
23 22 51
0.6 0.939 0.992971 64 1695
17 35 1 70 68 38 14 11 56 52 53 54 20 79
26 3 33 32 4 27 61 19 15 64 34 60 49 72
66 41 5 28 40
0.7 0.984 0.997378 59 1745
18 20 14 5 17 71 4 31 47 9 8 19 15 60 27
3 44 80 21 74 75 42 6 23 2 10 28 51 54 39
69 59 56
0.8 0.998 0.998795 62 1635
12 49 34 66 58 6 73 28 5 52 19 54 56 33
39 8 44 69 3 62 30 42 50 29 23 71 63 68
61 25 53 15 31
Table 19: optimal results founded by proposed approach to the network in fig.6, when d=9, T=18.
9,18
0.3 0.807 0.979884 64 1770
44 46 21 80 1 6 26 33 23 39 40 34 14 28
12 79 15 4 55 20 70 18 50 37 71 49 7 24
30 65 56 42 75
0.4 0.878 0.986876 60 1770
67 24 10 51 28 52 34 19 33 48 21 79 1 64
13 42 23 54 9 65 49 8 22 57 41 62 27 12
43 36 7 26 6
0.5 0.844 0.983599 57 1645
18 20 14 5 17 71 4 31 47 9 8 19 15 60 27
3 44 80 21 74 75 42 6 23 2 10 28 51 54 39
69 59 56
0.6 0.985 0.997503 57 1630
12 57 66 8 58 34 73 21 54 28 19 71 72 6
44 14 52 5 78 70 30 3 50 56 23 59 63 39
61 49 53 79 31
0.7 0.888 0.987891 58 1600
3 34 80 71 42 47 18 56 8 30 26 15 21 28
49 20 59 37 54 57 7 50 79 69 78 12 36 40
9 39 64 52 23
0.8 0.968 0.995783 66 1545
52 53 7 17 15 56 55 11 28 79 67 5 60 71
49 23 72 10 21 32 6 38 76 26 4 39 24 73
40 9 50 30 80
6.3.3. The TANET with 33 links and different components information
As shown in section 6.3.2.TANET has 33 links and 14 MPs. We studied different values for d, T
under different values for 𝛼,when 𝛼 = 0.5,0.6,0.7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 0.8 no solutions found as illustrated in
table 21,when
𝛼 = 0.6,0.7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 0.8 no solutions found as illustrated in table 22, 23, 24.Where 𝑐 𝑜𝑏𝑗 =
1700, 𝑐0 = 3000, 𝑅 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 0.999, 𝑅0 = 0.9, , 𝑆 𝑜𝑏𝑗 = 66, 𝑆0 = 80.

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Table 20. Component information.
𝐯𝐧 𝐤
Capacity
𝐥(𝐯𝐧 𝐤 𝐜(𝐯𝐧 𝐤
0 1 2 3 4
1 0.0004 0.0392 0.9604 0 0 1 100
2 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 1 50
3 0.000343 0.013671 0.181629 0.804357 0 1 65
4 0.015 0.985 0 0 0 2 80
5 0.0016 0.0768 0.9216 0 0 2 70
6 0.005929 0 0.142142 0 0.851929 1 135
7 0.003 0 0.997 0 0 2 60
8 0.007225 0 0.15555 0 0.837225 1 35
9 0.005929 0 0.142142 0 0.851929 1 35
10 0.003 0.997 0 0 0 2 80
11 0.034 0.966 0 0 0 2 55
12 0.0036 0.1128 0.8836 0 0 3 40
13 0.000001 0.000297 0.029403 0.970299 0 2 110
14 0.000784 0.054432 0.944784 0 0 1 65
15 0.000225 0.02955 0.970225 0 0 1 70
16 0.095 0.905 0 0 0 3 15
17 0.005776 0.140448 0.853776 0 0 3 35
18 0.000625 0.04875 0.950625 0 0 2 75
19 0.000729 0.022113 0.223587 0.753571 0 1 40
20 0.001 0.027 0.243 0.729 0 2 35
21 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 1 45
22 0.004225 0.12155 0.874225 0 0 3 30
23 0.005929 0 0.142142 0 0.851929 1 85
24 0.003 0 0.997 0 0 2 70
25 0.000216 0.010152 0.159048 0.830584 0 3 55
26 0.034 0.966 0 0 0 2 30
27 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 2 55
28 0.000343 0.013671 0.181629 0.804357 0 1 60
29 0.001 0.027 0.243 0.729 0 3 35
30 0.0009 0.0582 0.9409 0 0 2 85
31 0.002809 0.100382 0.896809 0 0 1 60
32 0.000166375 0.008575875 0.147349125 0.843908625 0 2 70
33 0.000125 0.007125 0.135375 0.857375 0 2 80
34 0.0001 0.0198 0.9801 0 0 1 140
35 0.025 0.975 0 0 0 3 10
36 0.024 0.976 0 0 0 3 60
37 0.000125 0.007125 0.135375 0.857375 0 2 75
38 0.000110592 0.006580224 0.130507776 0.862801408 0 1 85
39 0.0001 0 0.0198 0 0.9801 1 100
40 0.001849 0 0.082302 0 0.915849 3 60
41 0.001024 0.061952 0.937024 0 0 2 60
42 0.000676 0.050648 0.948676 0 0 2 65
43 0.007921 0.162158 0.829921 0 0 4 35
44 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 2 25
45 0.001 0.027 0.243 0.729 0 5 20
46 0.097 0 0.903 0 0 4 40
47 0.000001 0.000297 0.029403 0.970299 0 3 135
48 0.022 0.978 0 0 0 2 70
49 0.000256 0 0.031488 0 0.968256 1 145
50 0.001225 0 0.06755 0 0.931225 1 70
51 0.025 0.975 0 0 0 3 70
52 0.000274625 0.011851125 0.170473875 0.817400375 0 2 65

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53 0.000529 0 0.044942 0 0.954529 3 120
54 0.000144 0 0.023712 0 0.976144 1 110
55 0.000216 0.010152 0.159048 0.830584 0 2 70
56 0.000117649 0.006850053 0.132946947 0.860085351 0 1 60
57 0.046 0 0.954 0 0 2 50
58 0.083 0 0.917 0 0 3 40
59 0.000015625 0.001828125 0.071296875 0.926859375 0 3 105
60 0.000274625 0.011851125 0.170473875 0.817400375 0 2 60
61 0.001369 0.071262 0.927369 0 0 2 85
62 0.000001 0.000297 0.029403 0.970299 0 2 125
63 0.000512 0.017664 0.203136 0.778688 0 3 50
64 0.006084 0.143832 0.850084 0 0 2 40
65 0.004096 0.119808 0.876096 0 0 5 45
66 0.003481 0.111038 0.885481 0 0 4 50
67 0.035 0.965 0 0 0 2 60
68 0.022 0 0.978 0 0 3 70
69 0.000166375 0.008575875 0.147349125 0.843908625 0 3 85
70 0.000042875 0.003546375 0.097778625 0.898632125 0 3 95
71 0.000024389 0.002449833 0.082027167 0.915498611 0 2 100
72 0.000324 0 0.035352 0 0.964324 1 95
73 0.000000343 0.000145971 0.020707029 0.979146657 0 2 145
74 0.004356 0.123288 0.872356 0 0 3 30
75 0.055 0.945 0 0 0 2 15
76 0.001936 0.084128 0.913936 0 0 5 55
77 0.000035937 0.003159189 0.092573811 0.904231063 0 4 85
78 0.000484 0 0.043032 0 0.956484 2 115
79 0.000121 0 0.021758 0 0.978121 1 100
80 0.001 0.999 0 0 0 2 100
4,16
0.3 0.535 0.998911 56 2335
57 18 72 40 17 8 31 21 15 43 30 54 56 14 6
3 2 49 62 73 38 24 35 16 1 50 79 58 71 10
67 11 7
0.4 0.577 0.996485 60 2250
47 63 1 8 77 19 9 64 54 11 68 72 6 14 31
15 41 55 39 24 23 34 20 36 37 67 2 25 46
32 26 44 21
6,16
0.3 0.419 0.989936 58 2285
17 23 39 16 67 1 5 22 79 72 15 10 8 3 49
54 52 28 60 24 32 6 9 64 44 37 31 18 73
58 51 56 80
0.4 0.469 0.980578 61 2160
29 4 56 69 68 32 52 50 6 21 9 28 75 38
15 71 10 31 3 79 41 33 48 8 19 44 72 78
42 76 30 34 11
0.5 0.515 0.992262 60 2225
1 67 13 32 45 37 2 15 57 75 34 38 78 50
39 3 19 24 9 61 8 71 23 40 14 55 21 41
22 51 17 73 7
Table 23. Optimal results founded by proposed approach to the network in in fig.6, when d=8, T=18.
8,18 0.3 0.350 0.940637 62 2335
61 59 1 31 68 38 4 79 48 23 73 34 9 3 72
50 54 46 78 16 42 10 19 56 55 5 17 35 76

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69 8 21 33
0.4 0.438 0.991574 61 2305
71 59 39 53 5 11 60 78 72 8 64 44 28 14
30 9 26 54 31 52 56 37 20 23 2 79 1 43 74
10 33 38 13
0.5 0.538 0.997141 59 2465
24 12 61 53 77 40 6 21 7 52 60 48 1 3 72
34 8 9 38 15 23 62 59 42 54 50 29 41 32
75 55 79 20
9,18
0.3 0.496 0.989470 57 2080
44 46 21 80 1 6 26 33 23 39 40 34 14 28
12 79 15 4 55 20 70 18 50 37 71 49 7 24
30 65 56 42 75
0.4 0.512 0.999175 63 2430
18 68 15 25 27 72 31 56 53 50 61 6 2 9 19
10 67 14 75 12 48 30 38 59 13 47 34 16 39
26 24 3 51
0.5 0.627 0.966636 61 2295
46 67 73 26 13 18 42 44 21 59 61 79 56 19
1 23 9 38 52 5 15 27 55 3 8 39 4 65 74 63
30 28 62
7. DISCUSSION AND COMPARISON
This section presents a comparison between the proposed algorithm and that one proposed by
Aissou et al.,[11] based on RWGA.Table 25 and 26 show the comparison results for two studied
networks, Six-node and TANNET with 30 links respectively. The results in Table 25show that
the proposed approach obtains the optimal solution better than that obtained by [11]. While in
Table 26the reliability values are less than that obtained by [11]. But, lead-time and cost values
are less than those obtained by [11]. These results lead to that the proposed algorithm finds the
optimal solution.
Table 25. Comparison results for the Six-node network example.
d,t
Aissou’s approach Proposed approach
𝑅 𝑑,𝑡 𝑆𝑙(𝑝) C(p) 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝜇𝑠 𝑅 𝑑,𝑡 𝑆𝑙(𝑝) C(p)
6,7 0.973036 15 510 0.987 0.988833 12 440
6,8 0.987345 14 520 0.999 0.989945 12 460
6,9 0.985979 19 540 0.997 0.989773 14 420
8,9 - 0.999 0.989896 14 420
Table 26. Comparison results for the TANETwith 30 linksexample.
d,t
Aissou’s approach Proposed approach
𝑅 𝑑,𝑡 𝑆𝑙(𝑝) C(p) 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝜇𝑠 𝑅 𝑑,𝑡 𝑆𝑙(𝑝) C(p)
4,16 0.9999745 66 1735 0.993 0.998347 43 1460
6,16 0.999986
61
1435 0.999 0.998934 42 1485
8,18 0.999172 1825 0.998 0.998810 43 1425
9,18 0.985317 1825 0.990 0.997983 44 1515

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8. CONCLUSIONS
An approach based on GA with fuzzy optimization is presented in this paper. The presented
approach was succeeded to solve the optimal CAP problem in which each components has three
attributes; probability, cost, and lead-time. Using fuzzy membership function as fitness, the
proposed approach succeeded to find the best optimal solution with maximum system reliability,
minimum total assignment cost, and minimum total lead-time in comparison with previous
algorithms.
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AUTHORS
Heba Hamdy Ahmed is a Demonstrator in Computer Science Branch, Department of Mathematics,
Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
Motamad Refaat Hassan is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science Branch, Department of
Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
Mohamed Eid Mohamedis a lecture in Computer Science Branch, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of
Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
Mosa khalifa Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, South
Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

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