Maintenance scheduling of a protection system subject to imperfect inspection and replacement

• Published in: European journal of operational research Vol. 218; no. 3; pp. 716 - 725
• Main Authors: Berrade, M.D., Cavalcante, Cristiano A.V., Scarf, Philip A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2012; Elsevier; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Availability; Beverages; Exact sciences and technology; False alarms; Inspection; Inspections; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Mathematical models; Mixtures; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; Operations research; Preventive maintenance; Protection systems; Quality; Reliability; Reliability theory. Replacement problems; Scheduling; Studies; Availability; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Mixtures; Reliability; Quality; Script; Inspection policy; Worst case method; Replacement problem; On-line systems; Scheduling; Replacement; Modeling; Renewal; False alarm rate; Protection system; Defect; Monitoring

► The paper models quality of maintenance interventions. ► It considers replacement and inspection of a non-repairable protection system. ► Substandard replacements and false positive inspections combine to reduce system availability. ► We quantify this reduction and the associated cost. ► A packagi...