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In this dissertation, we study reliability analyses on both k- out-of-n systems and K-terminals networks. For k-out-of-n systems, computing reliabilities of k-out-of-n:G system, consecutive-k-out-of-n:F system, and circular-consecutive-out- of-n:F system has been widely discussed since 1981. Here, we propose a more general model of :weighted k-out-of-n systems, which lead to new reliability evaluation problems on three systems: (1) weighted-k-out-of-n:G system, (2) consecutive- weighted-k-out-of-n:F system, and (3) circular consecutive- weighted-k-out-of-n:F system. To compute these system reliabilities, we design efficient algorithms with the same time complexities as the algorithms for the original model. For K-terminal networks reliability, the early studies consider that only edges may fail while vertices always function. In this dissertation, we propose a new model: both edges and vertices may fail. An algorithm using polygon-to-chain reductions is constructed for computing the K-terminal networks reliability with both edge and vertex failures.
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