A delay-time-based maintenance model of a multi-component system |
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Authors: | CHRISTER A H; WANG W |
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Centre for O.R. and Applied Statistics, University of Salford
*Also at the Graduate School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology Holland
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Abstract: | There is a well established literature on delay-time modelsof regular inspection policies where inspections may or maynotbe perfect, and where the initial point u of a defect arisesas a homogeneous Poisson process. This paper extends the modellingin two ways. The first is to include the observed practice wherethe multi-component system is inspected not only on a plannedbasis, but also when a component fails. The second extensionis to use a nonhomogeneous Poisson process to describe defectarrivals in the system. An inspectionreplacement modelbased upon these two extensions is then developed for a multi-componentsystem. The total expected cost per unit time is minimized withrespect to theinspection intervals and the system replacementtime. The likelihood function of the time of failures and thenumber of defects found at inspections is established, in orderto estimate model parameters based upon routinely collectedmaintenance data. As a special case of the general model, aninspection modelbased upon a homogeneous Poisson processof defects arisingis also proposed, which has a relativelysimple structure. Both simulated and real-life data of failuresand defects identified at inspections are used to test the modelsand parameter-estimating procedure. |
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