Maintenance, replacement, and reliability : theory and applications /: theory and applications. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew K.S. Jardine, Albert H.C. Tsang.
• Authors: Jardine, A. K. S (Andrew Kennedy Skilling); Tsang, Albert H. C
• Contents: Introduction; From Maintenance Management to Physical Asset Management; Challenges of PAM; Improving PAM; PAS 55—A Framework for Optimized Management of Physical Assets; Reliability through the Operator: TPM; Reliability by Design: RCM; Optimizing Maintenance and Replacement Decisions; The Quantitative Approach; Data Requirements for Modeling; References Component Replacement Decisions; Introduction; Optimal Replacement Times for Equipment Whose Operating Cost Increases with Use; Stochastic Preventive Replacement: Some Introductory Comments; Optimal Preventive Replacement Interval of Items Subject to Breakdown (Also Known as the Group or Block Policy); Optimal Preventive Replacement Age of an Item Subject to Breakdown; Optimal Preventive Replacement Age of an Item Subject to Breakdown, Taking Account of the Times Required to Carry Out Failure and Preventive Replacements; Optimal Preventive Replacement Interval or Age of an Item Subject to Breakdown: Minimization of Downtime; Group Replacement: Optimal Interval between Group Replacements of Items Subject to Failure: the Lamp Replacement Problem; Further Replacement Models; Case Study on Project Prioritization, Trend Tests, Weibull Analysis, and Optimizing Component Replacement Intervals; Spare Parts Provisioning: Preventive Replacement Spares; Spare Parts Provisioning: Insurance Spares; Solving the Constant-Interval and Age-Based Models Graphically: Use of Glasser’s Graphs; Solving the Constant-Interval and Age-Based Models Using OREST Software; References; ; Inspection Decisions; Introduction; Optimal Inspection Frequency: Maximization of Profit; Optimal Inspection Frequency: Minimization of Downtime; Optimal Inspection Interval to Maximize the Availability of Equipment Used in Emergency Conditions, Such as a Protective Device; Optimizing CBM Decisions; References; ; Capital Equipment Replacement Decisions; Introduction; Optimal Replacement Interval for Capital Equipment: Minimization of Total Cost; Optimal Replacement Interval for Capital Equipment: Maximization of Discounted Benefits; Optimal Replacement Interval for Capital Equipment Whose Planned Utilization Pattern Is Variable: Minimization of Total Cost; Optimal Replacement Policy for Capital Equipment Taking into Account Technological Improvement: Finite Planning Horizon; Optimal Replacement Policy for Capital Equipment Taking into Account Technological Improvement: Infinite Planning Horizon; Software for Economic Life Optimization; References; ; Maintenance Resource Requirements; Introduction; Queuing Theory Preliminaries; Optimal Number of Workshop Machines to Meet a Fluctuating Workload; Optimal Mix of Two Classes of Similar Equipment (such as Medium/Large Lathes) to Meet a Fluctuating Workload; Rightsizing a Fleet of Equipment: An Application; Optimal Size of a Maintenance Workforce to Meet a Fluctuating Workload, Taking Account of Subcontracting Opportunities; The Lease or Buy Decision; References; ; Appendices; Statistics Primer; Weibull Analysis; Maximum Likelihood Estimator; Markov Chains; Knowledge Elicitation; Time Value of Money: Discounted Cash Flow Analysis; List of Applications of Maintenance Decision Optimization Models; Ordinates of the Standard Normal Distribution; Areas in the Tail of the Standard Normal Distribution; Values of Gamma Function; Median Ranks Table; Five Percent Ranks Table; Ninety-Five Percent Ranks Table; Critical Values for the Kolmogorov–Smirnov Statistic (d α) Answers to Problems; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (364 pages), (118 illustrations)
• Subjects: 658.202; Industrial equipment -- Maintenance and repair -- Mathematical models; Reliability (Engineering) -- Mathematical models; Replacement of industrial equipment -- Mathematical models; Mathematical optimization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466554863
• Related ISBNs: 146655486X
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