%0 Journal Article %T Evoluci¨®n de los m¨¦todos de evaluaci¨®n de la confiabilidad para redes el¨¦ctricas de distribuci¨®n %A Eduardo Sierra %A Santiago Lajes %J Ingenier¨ªa Energ¨¦tica %D 2010 %I %X This paper intends to offer a brief panoramic about the evolution of the reliability assessment methods andthe specificities of the same ones during the characterization of the electrical distribution networks and toshow how the utilization of either method not depends only of availability of data and the existence or not ofregulations for the continuity of electrical service, rather besides depends of the approach to reliabilitystudies in point: selection of variants during the design, reliability improving options during the exploitations or maintenance management. %K reliability assessment %K reliability indices %K distribution networks. %U http://revistascientificas.cujae.edu.cu/.RevistasEnergeticaVol-XXXI42-48_