Virtual Bookstore Citation Title ESTIMATING NETWORK RELIABILITY WITH ACCELERATED CONVERGENCE RATES ON ERROR BOUNDS. Author(s) Fishman,G. S. ; Corporate Author(s) NORTH CAROLINA UNIV AT CHAPEL HILL CURRICULUM IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS Report Date 12/1/1983 Page Count 38 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to describe related estimation techniquesthat improve the convergence rate to 1/K when a specified nonrandom finitesequence of sample points is used and to (log K)/K when certain nonrandominfinite sequences of sample points are used. In addition, algorithms are givenfor computing estimates of g(s,t) with 1/K and (log K)/K convergence rates withcomputation time complexities per replication having an upper bound O(N) +o(max(N,/V/)) as K approaches limit of infinity. Although the infinite sequenceshave a slower convergence rate than the finite sequence has, these offer theconvenience of allowing one to add replications as desired and retaining therate. By contrast, the finite sequence does not allow this addition, once K isinitially fixed. Price: Available from National Technical Information Service (NTIS). http://www.ntis.gov   Prices are plus sales tax when purchased within New York State and shipping charges, if applicable