Redundancy optimization of cold-standby systems under periodic inspection and maintenance

W Wang, Z Wu, J Xiong, Y Xu - Reliability engineering & system safety, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a redundancy allocation problem for cold-standby systems with degrading
components is studied. We consider performing a policy of periodic inspection and …

Reliability optimization of series–parallel systems with mixed redundancy strategy in subsystems

MA Ardakan, AZ Hamadani - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2014 - Elsevier
Traditionally in redundancy allocation problem (RAP), it is assumed that the redundant
components are used based on a predefined active or standby strategies. Recently, some …

A multi-state warm standby system with preventive maintenance, loss of units and an indeterminate multiple number of repairpersons

JE Ruiz-Castro, M Dawabsha - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A Markovian Arrival Process with Marked arrivals is used to model a discrete-time
complex warm standby multi-state system in a well-structured way. The online unit is subject …

Mission Cost and Reliability of 1-out-of- Warm Standby Systems With Imperfect Switching Mechanisms

G Levitin, L Xing, Y Dai - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, mission cost and reliability of 1-out-of-N: G nonrepairable warm standby
systems with imperfect switching are modeled and analyzed using an iterative method. A …

Optimizing availability of heterogeneous standby systems exposed to shocks

G Levitin, M Finkelstein, Y Dai - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper considers heterogeneous 1-out-of-N warm standby systems when all
components can experience internal failures whereas operating components are exposed to …

Optimizing the maximum filling level of perfect storage in system with imperfect production unit

G Levitin, L Xing, Y Dai - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Reliability of production systems with storage has recently attracted lots of research
attentions. While the existing works have assumed certain maximum capacity of the storage …

Availability analysis and cost optimization of a repairable system with a mix of active and warm-standby components in a shock environment

MN Juybari, AZ Hamadani, MA Ardakan - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mixed redundancy strategy is a recently introduced powerful redundancy technique for
improving system reliability. So far, the performance of the mixed redundancy strategy is just …

Binary decision diagram-based reliability evaluation of k-out-of-(n + k) warm standby systems subject to fault-level coverage

Q Zhai, R Peng, L Xing, J Yang - … Part O: Journal of Risk and …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Warm standby sparing is a fault-tolerance technique that attempts to improve system
reliability while compromising the system energy consumption and recovery time. However …

Reliability optimization of a k-out-of-n series-parallel system with warm standby components

M Sharifi, M Shahriyari, A Khajehpoor… - Scientia …, 2022 - scientiairanica.sharif.edu
In this research, a new hybrid model for the redundancy allocation problem (RAP) in a series-
parallel configuration with the k-out-of-n subsystem is presented. In the given model, the …

Reliability analysis and spares provisioning for repairable systems with dependent failure processes and a time-varying installed base

X Liu, LC Tang - IIE Transactions, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), which can be quickly replaced at a first-level
maintenance facility, are widely deployed on capital-intensive systems in order to maintain …