Group maintenance scheduling for two-component systems with failure interaction

• Published in: Applied Mathematical Modelling Vol. 71; pp. 118 - 137
• Main Authors: Yang, Li, Zhao, Yu, Ma, Xiaobing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.07.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Cost optimization; Dependence; Economic impact; Failure; Failure interaction; Industrial engineering; Industrial plants; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Manufacturing engineering; Multi-component system; Scheduled window; Search algorithms; Swarm intelligence; Multi-component system; Failure interaction; Maintenance; Scheduled window; Cost optimization

•A novel failure interaction framework is constructed considering hazard rate increment.•Environmental uncertainties are incorporated into dependent failure processes.•A new group maintenance strategy is developed to prevent dependent failures.•The applicability is validated by a case study on an el...