Keyword: maintenance, repair & replacement

Found 626 papers in total
Operational replacement decision model for dairy herds
Operational replacement decision model for dairy herds
1983,
The model is to aid the decision maker for dairy herds by optimization of replacement...
Studies on the replacement policies in dairy cattle-I. Evaluation of techniques to determine the optimum time for replacement and to rank cows on future profitability
Studies on the replacement policies in dairy cattle-I. Evaluation of techniques to determine the optimum time for replacement and to rank cows on future profitability
1984,
The most important goal of a commercial dairy farmer is maximization of total profit...
Contribution of variables to the optimum policy for insemination and replacement of dairy cows
Contribution of variables to the optimum policy for insemination and replacement of dairy cows
1987,
The revenues from dairy cows originate from the sale of milk, calves and cows while...
Optimal replacement and ranking of dairy cows determined by a hierarchic Markov process
Optimal replacement and ranking of dairy cows determined by a hierarchic Markov process
1987,
A dairy cow replacement model based on the notation of a hierarchic Markov process is...
The economic optimisation of sow replacement decisions by stochastic dynamic programming
The economic optimisation of sow replacement decisions by stochastic dynamic programming
1988,
A stochastic dynamic programming model is designed to determine the economic optimal...
Management guides for insemination and replacement decisions
Management guides for insemination and replacement decisions
1988,
Decisions to inseminate and replace cows should be based on expected future income....
Optimal replacement and ranking of dairy cows under milk quotas
Optimal replacement and ranking of dairy cows under milk quotas
1989,
The usual criterion of optimality to be used in dairy cow replacement models has...
A model simulating the production of dual purpose replacement heifers
A model simulating the production of dual purpose replacement heifers
1989,
A dynamic model simulating the production of replacement in a dual purpose herd for...
Optimal replacement in the dairy herd: A multi-component system
Optimal replacement in the dairy herd: A multi-component system
1992,
The dairy herd is described as a multicomponent system, where the components are the...
Optimizing model: Insemination, replacement, seasonal production, and cash flow
Optimizing model: Insemination, replacement, seasonal production, and cash flow
1992,
Dynamic programming to solve the Markov decision process problem of optimal...
An adaptive decision-making aid for dairy cow replacement
An adaptive decision-making aid for dairy cow replacement
1993,
A decision aid is developed for the retention or replacement of individual dairy cows....
A model for equipment replacement due to technological obsolescence
A model for equipment replacement due to technological obsolescence
1992,
The authors consider the problem of deciding whether to keep a piece of equipment or...
A heuristic method for dispatching repair men
A heuristic method for dispatching repair men
1995,
A company has to provide a service to its customers. A service consists of a visit to...
Effects of warranty execution on warranty reserve costs
Effects of warranty execution on warranty reserve costs
1995,
Previous research has usually assumed full execution of warranty if a product fails...
Cost analysis of the M/M/R machine repair problem with spares and two modes of failure
Cost analysis of the M/M/R machine repair problem with spares and two modes of failure
1995,
This paper deals with the machine repair problem consisting of M operating machines...
Towards an intelligent maintenance optimization system
Towards an intelligent maintenance optimization system
1995,
This paper is concerned with the evaluation and enhancement of the maintenance...
Availability analysis of repairable n-server ni-replicated systems
Availability analysis of repairable n-server ni-replicated systems
1995,
This paper develops an exact closed-form expression for the steady-state availability...
A 0-1 goal programming model for scheduling multiple maintenance projects at a copper mine
A 0-1 goal programming model for scheduling multiple maintenance projects at a copper mine
1994,
This paper describes the application of 0-1 goal programming (GP) in multi-project...
Calculating the rate of occurrence of failures for continuous-time Markov chains with application to a two-component parallel system
Calculating the rate of occurrence of failures for continuous-time Markov chains with application to a two-component parallel system
1995,
This paper assumes that a system process is either a continuous-time Markov chain or a...
Strategic planning in manufacturing systems-AHP application to an equipment replacement decision
Strategic planning in manufacturing systems-AHP application to an equipment replacement decision
1995,
The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) has been investigated with respect to its...
Spreadsheet simulation of a queue with arrivals from a finite population: The machine repair problem
Spreadsheet simulation of a queue with arrivals from a finite population: The machine repair problem
1995,
Demonstrates the application of spreadsheets in simulating queuing systems with...
Estimating motorist delay at two-lane highway work zone
Estimating motorist delay at two-lane highway work zone
1994,
Maintenance or construction activity on a two-lane highway often requires a lane...
A dynamic programming approach to optimization of road maintenance
A dynamic programming approach to optimization of road maintenance
1993,
Road conditions in Malaysia rely on the traffic intensity of the road. Based on this...
Effect of maintenance policies on the just-in-time production system
Effect of maintenance policies on the just-in-time production system
1995,
Using simulation, experimental design, and regression analysis, mathematical models...
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