| Article ID: | iaor200772 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 91 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Start Page Number: | 809 |
| End Page Number: | 819 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2006 |
| Journal: | Reliability Engineering & Systems Safety |
| Authors: | Sekhon G.S., Rajpal P.S., Shishodia K.S. |
| Keywords: | neural networks |
The paper explores the application of artificial neural networks to model the behaviour of a complex, repairable system. A composite measure of reliability, availability and maintainability parameters has been proposed for measuring the system performance. The artificial neural network has been trained using past data of a helicopter transportation facility. It is used to simulate behaviour of the facility under various constraints. The insights obtained from results of simulation are useful in formulating strategies for optimal operation of the system.