Ternary means "based on three". This book deals with reliability investigations of networks whose components subject to failures can be in three states -up, down and middle (mid), contrary to traditionally considered networks having only binary (up/down) components. Extending binary case to ternary allows to consider more realistic and flexible models for communication, flow and supply networks.

Klappentext
Ternary means based on three. This book deals with reliability investigations of networks whose components subject to failures can be in three states up, down and middle (mid), contrary to traditionally considered networks having only binary (up/down) components. Extending binary case to ternary allows to consider more realistic and flexible models for communication, flow and supply networks.

Inhalt
The principal Model ternary spectrum.- Importance spectrum.- Example of Network: weak and strong connectivity.- Components ranking by their importance; example.-Extension of basic model to many-state system.- Example of Network flow network.- Network with unreliable ternary nodes.- Evolution method: extension to ternary system.- Series and parallel connection of ternary networks.- Large Networks with colored nodes; supply networks.- Network interaction: binary networks.- Network interaction: ternary networks.