Managing infrastructure asset: Bayesian networks for inspection and maintenance decisions reasoning and planning

Haoyuan Zhang and D. William R Marsh

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2021, vol. 207, issue C

Abstract: Models of maintenance problems must handle complex assumptions, allowing, for example, the condition of some assets to be rated directly using multiple states while in others the condition rating is inferred from that of the components from which they are assembled. The overall condition inferred, which informs the maintenance decisions, requires evidential reasoning under uncertainty. This paper uses Bayesian networks to address these challenges with real case studies. We apply the binary factorisation technique to allow inference of multi-state condition prediction, and further extend it to predict the condition of an asset with multiple components. These models are used to recommend inspection decisions such as which assets to inspect and when to inspect them. Models are also developed to evaluate the effectiveness of repair interventions and to use this to suggest repair actions. We show how to model multiple interventions within the asset life cycle considering both repair effectiveness and further deterioration. This modelling allows us to plan maintenance activities for an asset over its whole life cycle.

Keywords: Condition prediction; Multi-state system; System configuration; Bayesian networks; Maintenance modelling; Observational and intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2020.107328

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