Reliability optimization of linear consecutive k-out-of-n: F systems with Birnbaum importance–based quantum genetic algorithm

Component assignment problem is a common challenge of reliability optimization, which is a non-deterministic polynomial hard problem widely used in the linear consecutive k-out-of-n systems. In consideration of the advantages of quantum computing and importance measure, this article proposed a novel algorithm, which is Birnbaum importance–based quantum genetic algorithm, to improve the efficiency and accuracy for solving component assignment...