Inspection Policies for Fault Location

David A. Butler and Gerald J. Lieberman
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David A. Butler: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Gerald J. Lieberman: Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Operations Research, 1984, vol. 32, issue 3, 566-574

Abstract: When a system fails it may not be obvious which components are at fault. Locating faulty components to be replaced may require a series of inspections each of which reveals the state (functioning/failed) of one of the components. The order in which components are inspected and replaced can greatly affect the cost to restore the system to an operating condition. This paper investigates inspection sequences for complex coherent systems.

Keywords: 723 failure models for redundant systems; 724 inspection policies for fault location (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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