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Optimal maintenance planning for repairable multi-component systems subject to dependent competing risks

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  • Nailong Zhang
  • Qingyu Yang

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Many complex multi-component systems suffer from dependent competing risks. The reliability modeling and maintenance planning of repairable dependent competing risks systems are challenging tasks because the repair of the failed component can change the lifetime of the other components when multiple components fail dependently. This article first proposes a generally dependent latent age model to capture the dependence of competing risks under general component repairs. Based on the proposed reliability model, both system- and component-level periodic inspection-based maintenance polices are considered for repairable multi-component systems that are subject to dependent competing risks. Under the system-level maintenance policy, the entire system is restored to the as-good-as-new state once a failure is detected. While under the component-level maintenance policy, only the failed component is repaired imperfectly. The optimal solution of the system-level policy is obtained by using renewal theory. The optimal solution of the component-level policy, however, cannot be obtained analytically, due to its complex failure and repair characteristics. A simulation-based optimization approach with stochastic approximation is developed to solve the optimization problem for the component-level policy. The developed methods are illustrated by using a cylinder head assembly cell that consists of multiple stations.

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  • Nailong Zhang & Qingyu Yang, 2015. "Optimal maintenance planning for repairable multi-component systems subject to dependent competing risks," IISE Transactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(5), pages 521-532, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uiiexx:v:47:y:2015:i:5:p:521-532
    DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2014.974115
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