Michael O. Ball, George L. Nemhauser. Matroids and a Reliability Analysis Problem. Math. Oper. Res., 4(2):132-143, 1979. [doi]
@article{BallN79, title = {Matroids and a Reliability Analysis Problem}, author = {Michael O. Ball and George L. Nemhauser}, year = {1979}, doi = {10.1287/moor.4.2.132}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/moor.4.2.132}, researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/BallN79}, cites = {0}, citedby = {0}, journal = {Math. Oper. Res.}, volume = {4}, number = {2}, pages = {132-143}, }