A reliability-and-cost-based framework to optimize maintenance planning and diverse-skilled technician routing for geographically distributed systems

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 226; p. 108652
• Main Authors: Si, Guojin, Xia, Tangbin, Gebraeel, Nagi, Wang, Dong, Pan, Ershun, Xi, Lifeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Computer networks; Diverse-skilled technician routing; Geographical distribution; Geographically distributed system; Maintenance management; Maintenance scheduling; Multi-objective decision making; OEM; Optimization; Preventive maintenance; Reliability; Reliability engineering; Scheduling; Technician team composition; Technicians; Diverse-skilled technician routing; Technician team composition; Maintenance scheduling; OEM; O&M; Geographically distributed system; D-STORM; Multi-objective decision making; PM; MPTRP

•A diverse-skilled technician organization and routing model is developed for service networks.•Global optimization integrates dynamic maintenance schemes and technician team compositions.•A limited pool of technicians with varying skill levels supports maintenance activities.•A hybrid metaheuristic...