… more accurate performability characteristics can be derived by taking into account in the
various analyzed network states a) attributes of edges for a given network state other than
just their capacities, and b) attributes of logical level elements other then edges. Examples
of a) include an edge's latency and an edge's so-called network routing “cost” or “weight.” …
What we care about is an overall performability characteristic of the network, taking into
account a) the various ways in which components can fail, both singly and in various …