| Author | Medetov, Jaimoukhan M. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ISE-96-22 |
| Subject(s) | Maintenance
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies
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| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ISE-96-22 |
| Abstract | The study presents the maintenance of a series system, consisting generally speaking of
two parts, which are subject to stochastic failures. The parts are functioning independent of
each other. One of the parts is the critical pait from point of view of maintenance scheduling.
When it breaks down the system fails which involves break - down cost. To avoid a frequent
occunence of this cost a preventive maintenance is allowed.
In addition, opportunities arise according to a renewal process when we can either
replace critical pait at a reduced cost or do nothing. The problem is formulated as a Markov
Decision Process. If the critical pait has increasing failure rate, the maintenance .policy that
minimizes the expected total cost or the average cost of maintenance is characterized by a
single parameter i*. If an opportunity exists, we replace (maintain) the critical pa1t, which is
nonfailed only if its age exceeds i*. Based on cost and failure data, the parameter i* is derived
for some opportunistic maintenance policy.
The operating characteristics of the system are determined for the case where the
opportunities arise according to an exponential arrival process.
The problem of opportunistic preventive maintenance is also considered as a Multiple
Criteria Decision Making problem, with some criteria of optimization. The MCDM method
PROMETHEE is utilized to study the problem. |
| Year | 1996 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ISE-96-22 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Nagarur, Nagendra N.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Pandey, P. C.;Fujiwara; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Japan; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1996 |