Spare Optimization Based on Renewal Process

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10.2991/lemcs-15.2015.37How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Renewal process; System availability; Spare optimization; Genetic algorithms

Abstract

An optimal model for determining minimum-cost spare number for systems with components connected in series where the failure time of components follow any general distribution is presented. The component availability with a certain number of spares is derived through renewal process theory and the system availability is obtained with system reliability analysis method. The object of the optimization problem is to minimize the total spare cost of the system under the requirement of specified system availability. Genetic algorithms are used to find the optimal amount of spares for each component. Finally, an illustrative example is given.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiaoli Zou
PY  - 2015/07
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TI  - Spare Optimization Based on Renewal Process
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics, Engineering, Management and Computer Science
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 191
EP  - 193
SN  - 1951-6851
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