Reliability theory and practice for unmanned aerial vehicles

L Xing, BW Johnson - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to rapid advancements on the Internet of Things (IoT), unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), also known as drones, are transforming numerous military and civil application …

Optimal condition-based mission abort decisions

Q Qiu, LM Maillart, OA Prokopyev… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Failures of safety-critical mission-based systems, such as aircraft and submarines, could
result in significant losses and damage. To enhance the survivability of such systems, their …

Optimal inspection and mission abort policies for systems subject to degradation

X Zhao, J Sun, Q Qiu, K Chen - European Journal of Operational Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Safety-critical systems are commonly required to perform missions in various engineering
fields. Failures of safety-critical systems may result in irretrievable economic losses and …

Multi-criteria mission abort policy for systems subject to two-stage degradation process

X Zhao, Y Fan, Q Qiu, K Chen - European Journal of Operational Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Failures of mission-critical systems may result in irretrievable economic losses and
significant damages. Mission abort is an effective way to reduce the risk of casualties and …

Mission risk control via joint optimization of sampling and abort decisions

L Yang, F Wei, Q Qiu - Risk Analysis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information‐driven mission abort is an effective way to control the failure risk of
safety‐critical systems during mission executions. We investigate the optimal sampling and …

Dynamic mission abort policy for systems operating in a controllable environment with self-healing mechanism

Q Qiu, L Cui, B Wu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Catastrophic failures of safety-critical systems could result in significant economic losses
and damage. To improve the survival probability of safety-critical systems, self-healing …

Joint optimization of mission aborts and allocation of standby components considering mission loss

X Zhao, Y Dai, Q Qiu, Y Wu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Mission abort is an effective way to enhance system safety during mission execution.
Existing multi-attempt mission abort models can be divided into two main categories …

Joint modeling of loading and mission abort policies for systems operating in dynamic environments

X Zhao, R Li, S Cao, Q Qiu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Failures of safety-critical systems may cause huge economic losses and irretrievable
disasters. The dynamic operating environment of such systems makes it more difficult to …

System performance-based joint importance analysis guided maintenance for repairable systems

H Dui, S Li, L Xing, H Liu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2019 - Elsevier
To enhance system performance, corrective maintenance for failed components and
preventive maintenance (PM) for operating components can be performed simultaneously …

Optimal stopping problems for mission oriented systems considering time redundancy

Q Qiu, M Kou, K Chen, Q Deng, F Kang, C Lin - Reliability Engineering & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Catastrophic failures of safety-critical systems could result in irretrievable economic losses
and damage. To enhance the survivability of safety-critical systems, a mission can be …