Investigation of Degradation and Upgradation Models for Flexible Unit Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

Thirupathi Samala, Vijaya Kumar Manupati, Maria Leonilde R. Varela and Goran Putnik
Additional contact information
Thirupathi Samala: Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal, Warangal 506004, India
Vijaya Kumar Manupati: Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal, Warangal 506004, India
Maria Leonilde R. Varela: Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering, University of Minho, 4804-533 Guimarães, Portugal
Goran Putnik: Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering, University of Minho, 4804-533 Guimarães, Portugal

Future Internet, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: Research on flexible unit systems (FUS) with the context of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analysis have remarkably progressed in recent times, being now reinforced in the current Industry 4.0 era with the increased focus on integration of distributed and digitalized systems. In the existing literature, most of the work focused on the individual contributions of the above mentioned three analyses. Moreover, the current literature is unclear with respect to the integration of degradation and upgradation models for FUS. In this paper, a systematic literature review on degradation, residual life distribution, workload adjustment strategy, upgradation, and predictive maintenance as major performance measures to investigate the performance of the FUS has been considered. In order to identify the key issues and research gaps in the existing literature, the 59 most relevant papers from 2009 to 2020 have been sorted and analyzed. Finally, we identify promising research opportunities that could expand the scope and depth of FUS.

Keywords: flexible unit systems; degradation; residual life distribution; workload strategy; upgradation; predictive maintenance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/3/57/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/3/57/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jftint:v:13:y:2021:i:3:p:57-:d:505680

Access Statistics for this article

Future Internet is currently edited by Ms. Grace You

More articles in Future Internet from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().