The performance of mining machines depends on the reliability of the equipment used, the
operating environment, the maintenance efficiency, the operation process, the technical …

In general, distributed scheduling problem focuses on simultaneously solving two issues:(i)
allocation of jobs to suitable factories and (ii) determination of the corresponding production …

Distributed Scheduling (DS) problems have attracted attention by researchers in recent
years. DS problems in multi-factory production are much more complicated than classical …

This paper presents a method to find the optimal production, repair/replacement and
preventive maintenance policies for a degraded manufacturing system. The system is …

The prominent objective of the present study is to assess the reliability, availability and
maintainability of a hot standby database system by analyzing the failure data of the system …

A closer look has been taken into repair and maintenance actions (RMAs) that affect
systems in an industrial environment. It has been discussed that the classical definition of …

Financial losses recorded in city bus companies often force managers to implement
restructuring strategies aimed at improving business results. However, such decisions may …

A proper maintenance plan is directly related to the definition of critical indexes for ensuring
a high level of safety and high level in service quality for all equipments in the plants. The …

This research work presents the development and application of a preventive maintenance
programme in an oil refinery plant. This study was carried out in a period of three years in …

Purpose Reliability plays an important role in the execution of the maintenance improvement
and the understanding of its concepts is essential to predict the type of maintenance …