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 …

Condition-based maintenance (CBM) detects early signs of failure and dictates when
maintenance should be performed based on the actual condition of a system. In this paper …

Offers timely and comprehensive coverage of dynamic system reliability theory This book
focuses on hot issues of dynamic system reliability, systematically introducing the reliability …

Recent studies have shown that reusing standby elements during the mission may improve
the mission success probability significantly. However, such a benefit cannot be effectively …

Intensive research efforts have been dedicated to reliability analysis and optimization of
standby systems. However, only few of the existing models allow a system element to be …

Reliability improvement is a major industrial concern. A commonly known approach to
improve the reliability of a system is the so-called 'redundancy strategy'in which redundant …

Reliability modeling and optimization of warm standby systems have attracted considerable
research attentions in the past decade due to their wide use in diverse critical applications …

In many industrial and technological systems, due to factors such as deterioration, corrosion,
attacks, etc., preventive replacement is typically performed according to a predetermined …

This paper models and optimizes the replacement and maintenance schedule (RMS) for a
heterogeneous two-unit standby system. The system must accomplish a specified amount of …

Generator maintenance scheduling plays a pivotal role in ensuring uncompromised
operations of power systems. There exists a tight coupling between the condition of the …