Modified Wild Horse Optimizer for Constrained System Reliability Optimization

Abstract

The last few decades have witnessed advancements in intelligent metaheuristic approaches and system reliability optimization. The huge progress in metaheuristic approaches can be viewed as the main motivator behind further refinement in the system reliability optimization process. Researchers have intensively studied system reliability optimization problems (SROPs) to obtain the optimal system design with several constraints in order to optimize the overall system reliability. This article proposes a modified wild horse optimizer (MWHO) for SROPs and investigates the reliability allocation of two complex SROPs, namely, complex bridge system (CBS) and life support system in space capsule (LSSSC), with the help of the same process. The effectiveness of this framework based on MWHO is demonstrated by comparing the results obtained with the results available in the literature. The proposed MWHO algorithm shows better efficiency, as it provides superior solutions to SROPs.