Abstract: Due to the complex and changeful outdoor operating environments of the overhead contact lines (OCLs), lightning strike has become an extremely significant cause of affecting the reliability ...

Abstract: Improving reliability of the distribution system has necessitated the inclusion of considering precise assumptions in reliability study. Analytical methods of reliability assessment use ...

Mandatory minimum sentences require judges to impose fixed prison terms for certain crimes regardless of circumstances. They emerged in the 1980s along with the war on drugs, “tough on crime” politics ...