 Reliability and maintenance models for a time-related multi-state flow network via d-MC approachPing-Chen Chang, Ding-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Kuei Lin and Thi-Phuong Nguyen Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2021, vol. 216, issue C Abstract: This study applied the approach of minimal cuts for demand d (d-MC) to evaluate the time-related reliability of a multi-state flow network (MSFN). The maximal capacity vectors that did not meet the demand rate were generated by a proposed algorithm. The Weibull reliability function was adopted to derive the probability distribution for arc capacity in the MSFN. In terms of the generated d-MCs and derived probability distributions, the MSFN system unreliability was calculated by the recursive sum of the disjoint products. Furthermore, the system reliability was 1 – system unreliability, which is a performance index of an MSFN. Based on the system unreliability, a maintenance model with three strategies was proposed to retain the service level of the MSFN. Experimental results show the performance of the proposed maintenance strategies. The advantages of different maintenance strategies are further discussed for managers to determine an appropriate alternative to maintain MSFN capability. Keywords: multi-state flow network (MSFN); time-related; minimal cut; system unreliability; system reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:reensy:v:216:y:2021:i:c:s0951832021004737 DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2021.107962 Access Statistics for this article Reliability Engineering and System Safety is currently edited by Carlos Guedes Soares More articles in Reliability Engineering and System Safety from Elsevier |
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