Reliability analysis and optimization for a redundant system with dependent failures and variable repair rates

Shan Gao

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 2023, vol. 208, issue C, 637-659

Abstract: This paper considers the reliability analysis and the bi-objective optimal problem for a redundant system with two dependent failures: common cause failure (CCF) and load-sharing failure, where the system contains N active components, W warm standbys and C cold standbys, a K-mixed redundancy strategy is considered. In the system, there is a repair team providing variable repair rates according to differential situations: when there are standby components available in the system, the repair team assigns a regular repairman to repair the failed components, with the known fact that regular repairman is not as skilled as an expert repairman in doing some complex repair; when all the spares are exhausted, the repair team assigns an expert repairman to attend failed components; when the system breaks down due to a CCF’s occurrence, the repair team provides a very special repair service to restore the system to normal working state. The steady-state distribution of the system is obtained by matrix-analytic method. The sets of equations satisfied by the reliability functions and transient availabilities from arbitrary initial state are respectively presented and solved by Markov renewal theory, Laplace–Stieltjes transform (LST) and Laplace transform (LT) technique. Based on the obtained results, sensitivity analysis is performed by some numerical experiments. From economic view point, the bi-objective optimization problem is constructed and solved by NSGA-II algorithm for the minimal expected total cost and maximal availability.

Keywords: Bi-objective optimization; Dependent failures; Variable repair rates; Reliability and availability; NSGA-II (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2023.02.001

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