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Consider a connected graph $G$, and assume that every edge fails independently with probability $q$. The {\em (all-terminal) reliability polynomial} is the probability in $q$ that the spanning connected subgraph of operational edges is…
Given a graph $G$ in which each edge fails independently with probability $q\in[0,1],$ the all-terminal reliability of $G$ is the probability that all vertices of $G$ can communicate with one another, that is, the probability that the…
Given a connected graph $G$ whose vertices are perfectly reliable and whose edges each fail independently with probability $q\in[0,1],$ the \textit{(all-terminal) reliability} of $G$ is the probability that the resulting subgraph of…
Given a graph $G$ whose edges are perfectly reliable and whose nodes each operate independently with probability $p\in[0,1],$ the node reliability of $G$ is the probability that at least one node is operational and that the operational…
Assume that the vertices of a graph $G$ are always operational, but the edges of $G$ are operational independently with probability $p \in[0,1]$. For fixed vertices $s$ and $t$, the \emph{two-terminal reliability} of $G$ is the probability…
For a finite multigraph G, the reliability function of G is the probability R_G(q) that if each edge of G is deleted independantly with probability q then the remaining edges of G induce a connected spanning subgraph of G; this is a…
We prove that the closure of the real roots of all-terminal reliability polynomials is exactly $[-1,0] \cup \{1\}$, resolving a conjecture of Brown and McMullin and refining the corresponding density result for multigraphs due to Brown and…
Brown and Colbourn (1992) showed that the complex roots of the reliability polynomial of connected multigraphs are dense in the unit disk and that the closure of the real roots is $[-1,0] \cup \{1\}$. We prove the simple graph analogues of…
The reliability polynomial of a graph gives the probability that a graph remains operational when all its edges could fail independently with a certain fixed probability. In general, the problem of finding uniformly most reliable graphs…
Given a graph $G$ whose edges are perfectly reliable and whose nodes each operate independently with probability $p\in[0,1],$ the node reliability of $G$ is the probability that at least one node is operational and that the operational…
In this paper we relate the location of the complex zeros of the reliability polynomial to parameters at which a certain family of rational functions derived from the reliability polynomial exhibits chaotic behaviour. We use this connection…
This article is studying the roots of the reliability polynomials of linear consecutive-\textit{k}-out-of-\textit{n}:\textit{F} systems. We are able to prove that these roots are unbounded in the complex plane, for any fixed $k\ge2$. In the…
The classic all-terminal network reliability problem posits a graph, each of whose edges fails independently with some given probability.
If $G$ is a simple graph and $\rho\in[0,1]$, the reliability $R_G(\rho)$ is the probability of $G$ being connected after each of its edges is removed independently with probability $\rho$. A simple graph $G$ is a \emph{uniformly most…
If $G$ is a simple graph and $\rho\in[0,1]$, the reliability $R_G(\rho)$ is the probability of $G$ being connected after each of its edges is removed independently with probability $\rho$. A simple graph $G$ is a \emph{uniformly most…
The all-terminal reliability of a graph $G$ is the probability that $G$ remains connected when each edge fails independently with probability $p$. For fixed $n$ and $m$, the uniformly most reliable problem asks which graph with $n$ vertices…
A key issue in network reliability analysis. A graph with $n$ nodes and whose $e$ edges fail independently with probability $p$ is an \emph{Uniformly Most Reliable Graph} (UMRG) if it has the highest reliability among all graphs with the…
A random rooted graph is said to be sofic if it is the Benjamini-Schramm limit of a sequence of finite graphs. Given any finite graph $H$, we prove that every one-ended, unimodular random rooted graph that does not have H as a minor must be…
The present study was concerned with network failure problems for simple connected undirected graphs. A connected graph becomes unconnected through edge failure, under the assumptions that only edges can fail and each edge has an identical…
Let G=(V,E) be a graph and K a set of terminal vertices of G. Assume that the edges of G are failing independently with given probabilities. The K-terminal reliability R(G,K) is the probability that all vertices in K are mutually connected.…