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Optimizing the product-based availability of a buffered industrial process

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  • Hamada, Michael
  • Martz, Harry F.
  • Berg, Eric C.
  • Koehler, Arthur J.

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Many industrial processes for discrete consumable products consist of a series (or set) of sequential process operations (or subsystems) which are de-coupled by means of in-process storage buffers. Each subsystem of such a process contains one or more parallel coupled or uncoupled operating lanes. We describe the use of a discrete-event simulation model for determining the availability of such a process. We likewise define and use a genetic algorithm to determine process designs and operating rules that have high availability. A 65-variable example, consisting of four operating subsystems with at most four lanes per subsystem, is used to illustrate the method. The results for this and similar real-world applications indicate that, by applying this methodology, it is possible to design buffered industrial processes having high availability.

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  • Hamada, Michael & Martz, Harry F. & Berg, Eric C. & Koehler, Arthur J., 2006. "Optimizing the product-based availability of a buffered industrial process," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 91(9), pages 1039-1048.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:91:y:2006:i:9:p:1039-1048
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.11.059
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