Maintenance, replacement, and reliability : theory and applications /: theory and applications. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew K.S. Jardine, Albert H.C. Tsang.
• Other Names: Jardine, A. K. S (Andrew Kennedy Skilling); Tsang, Albert H. C
• Contents: Introduction ; From Maintenance Management to Physical Asset Management; The Challenges of Physical Asset Management; Improving Physical Asset Management; Reliability through the Operator: Total Productive Maintenance; Reliability by Design: Reliability-Centered Maintenance; Optimizing Maintenance and Replacement Decisions; The Quantitative Approach; 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 Effect 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 that Are Subject to Failure: The Lamp Replacement Problem; Further Replacement Models; 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 the OREST Software; References; Problems 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 Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) Decisions References; Problems 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; Problems 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; Problem; Appendix 1: Statistics Primer ; Appendix 2: Weibull Analysis ; Appendix 3: Time Value of Money: Discounted Cash Flow Analysis ; Appendix 4: List of Applications of Maintenance Decision Optimization Models ; Appendix 5: Ordinates of the Standard Normal Distribution ; Appendix 6: Areas in the Tail of the Standard Normal Distribution ; Appendix 7: Values of Gamma Function ; Appendix 8: Median Ranks Table ; Appendix 9: Five Percent Ranks Table ; Appendix 10: Ninety-Five Percent Ranks Table ; Appendix 11: Critical Values for the Kolmogorov–Smirnov Statistic (d ) ; Appendix 12: Answers to Problems Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource, 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: 9781420044614; 1420044613
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