Reuse and remanufacturing have been widely studied in the maintenance related literature
due to the imperative of preserving resources and protecting the environment. To provide …

In many real production systems, a system may be stopped due to a lack of demand or
exhaustion of raw materials. This is known as production wait and provides a good …

Safety-critical systems have been widely applied in various practical engineering fields to
perform specific missions. Failures of such systems will lead to significant damage, thus …

Cold standby sparing is a widely-used fault-tolerant technique where spare units are
unpowered and non-operational before being activated to replace a malfunctioned on-line …

Nowadays, in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) market of capital-intensive
equipment, the booming used-component sales pose challenges for original equipment …

The paper considers homogeneous, 1-out-of-n warm-standby systems performing missions
of the fixed duration when a failure of an operating element results in a mission failure. A …

The paper considers heterogeneous 1-out-of-n warm-standby systems performing missions
of a fixed duration when a failure of an operating element results in a mission failure. A …

In view of the increasing tendency to make use of second-hand items, we present a
schematic framework that models the possible reuse of an item considering its defective …

In this paper, we propose a system of two dissimilar units: one unit prioritizes operation
(priority unit), and the other unit is kept as a cold standby (ordinary unit). In this system, we …

Multi-unit systems pose logistical challenges in maintenance management, as finding a
balance between availability and profitability is necessary. Choosing an appropriate …