The shape of the reliability polynomial of a hammock network
arXiv:1901.04036 · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53651-0_8
Abstract
Motivated by the study of hammock (aka brick-wall) networks, we introduce in this paper the notion of X-path. Using the Jordan Curve Theorem for piecewise smooth curves, we prove duality properties for hammock networks. Consequences for reliability polynomials are given.
13 pages, 10 figures