Keyword: maintenance, repair & replacement

Found 626 papers in total
A production/inventory system subject to failure with limited repair capacity
2000,
We consider a production/inventory system consisting of M machines and K ( K ⩽ M )...
Optimal design of series-parallel systems considering maintenance and salvage value
2001,
A reliability based design model is developed for a series-parallel system with...
Analytical modeling of aircraft sortie generation with concurrent maintenance and general service times
1998,
The employment effectiveness of a complement of military aircraft is strongly...
A genetic algorithm for solving a maintenance model in a flexible manufacturing system
2000,
Maintenance float problems in a flexible manufacturing system structure are...
Assessing the maintenance in a process using a semi-parametric approach
2001,
In developing any successful maintenance strategy it is important to be able to...
The generalized Mx/G(M/G)/1(M/G) repairable queueing system (II): Some reliability indices
2000,
In this paper we further study the generalized Mx/G(M/G)/1(M/G) repairable queueing...
A general ordering policy with number-dependent minimal repair and random lead time
1999,
In this paper, we consider a general ordering policy with number-dependent minimal...
Machine repairing models for production systems
2001,
In this paper we consider manufacturing systems of m identical unreliable machines...
Study on production variance of flow line with repairable machines and finite buffers
2000,
The model this paper deals with is a flow line of two machines. By means of structured...
Combined production and maintenance scheduling for a multiple-product, single machine production system
2000,
Traditionally, the problems of equipment maintenance scheduling and production...
Methodology and results of the evaluation of alternative short tests applied in inspection and maintenance programmes
2001,
The aim of this paper is to present a methodology for the evaluation of the...
Total quality management and business process re-engineering: lessons for maintenance management
2000,
Competitive pressures on manufacturing organisations have obliged them to look at all...
Simple formulae for counting processes in reliability models
1997,
Dependability evaluation is a basic component in the assessment of the quality of...
Reliability of a system with Poisson inspection times
1999,
For systems subject to inspections at Poisson random times, we present an analytic...
A highly efficient Monte Carlo method for assessment of system reliability based on a Markov model
1999,
This paper proposes a Monte Carlo procedure for evaluating the reliability of a system...
Separating inventory flows in the materials management department of Hancock Medical Center
2000,
The materials management department of Hancock Medical Center was responsible for...
Generic Markov models for availability estimation and failure characterization in petroleum refineries
2001,
Chemical process plant decision making is ongoing during operation based upon...
Performance-based incentives in a dynamic principal–agent model
2000,
The principal–agent paradigm, in which a principal has a primary stake in the...
A simulation model for determining inspection frequency
1999,
Frequent inspections of relief valves are necessary to ensure safety. However,...
Fast approach to the optimal production/preventive maintenance policy
2000,
We study the economical manufacturing quality (EMQ) problem in the presence of an...
Scheduling two machines that require multiple types of maintenance, for a single operation
2000,
The problem explored was of using two machines, one at a time, to perform a continuous...
Risk-sensitive production planning of a stochastic manufacturing system
1998,
This paper is concerned with long-run average risk-sensitive control of production...
Modelling diffusion and replacement
2000,
Replacement sales represent about 75% of total sales for many consumer...
Optimal burn-in decision making
1998,
This paper presents a conceptual model of burn-in decision making which gives an...
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