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 …

Importance Measure-based Resilience Management: Review, Methodology and Perspectives on Maintenance

H Dui, M Liu, J Song, S Wu - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, frequent natural or man-made disturbances have accelerated the study of
resilience management. As an important source of system resilience, maintenance activities …

Aircraft conceptual design using metaheuristic-based reliability optimisation

P Champasak, N Panagant, N Pholdee, GA Vio… - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The reliability optimisation methodology is developed to solve a conceptual design problem
of a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The reliability quantification is based on the …

UAV Fleet as a Dependable Service for Smart Cities: Model-Based Assessment and Application

V Kharchenko, I Kliushnikov, A Rucinski, H Fesenko… - Smart Cities, 2022 - mdpi.com
The paper suggests a model-based approach to assessment and choice of parameters of
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleets applied as one of the main services for Smart Cities …

A dynamic mission abort policy for the swarm executing missions and its solution method by tailored deep reinforcement learning

L Liu, J Yang - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
The mission abort is an effective action to avoid catastrophic accidents and enhance the
survivability of safety-critical systems such as unmanned aerial vehicle swarms and …

Mixed reliability importance-based solving algorithm design for the cost-constrained reliability optimization model

M Liu, D Wang, S Si - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
In the field of reliability engineering, importance measures are widely used to prioritize
components within a system and facilitate the improvement of system performance …

Resilience Evaluation and Optimal Design for Weapon System of Systems with Dynamic Reconfiguration

Z Chen, D Hong, W Cui, W Xue, Y Wang… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The weapon system of systems (WSoS) is a collection of various weapon systems used to
achieve a common goal and mission. Stakeholders are committed to lowering design costs …

Reliability analysis and optimization of multi-phased spaceflight with backup missions and mixed redundancy strategy

XY Li, X Li, J Feng, C Li, X Xiong, HZ Huang - Reliability Engineering & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the widespread applications, the reliability analysis and optimization of phased
mission systems (PMSs) have attracted progressively attention, especially in the aerospace …

A soft resource optimization method for improving the resilience of UAV swarms under continuous attack

H Li, Q Sun, Y Zhong, Z Huang, Y Zhang - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2023 - Elsevier
Resilience is a comprehensive metric that measures the ability of an unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV) swarm to resist and recover after being attacked. Improving resilience is …

Importance measure-based maintenance analysis and spare parts storage configuration in two-echelon maintenance and supply support system

H Dui, X Yang, M Liu - International Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The development of society has put forward higher requirements for the supply of
maintenance spare parts. However, the current support index is not comprehensive enough …