Stochastic models in reliability and maintenance
[The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually.] This book represents a comprehensive review on the state of the art in models and methods used for measuring and improving the dependability of systems and components. It consists of 12 articles written mainly by Japanese researches. The first one, authored by \textit{T. Dohi}, \textit{N. Kaio} and \textit{S. Osaki}, gives a systematic survey on computational aspects related to renewal functions. It starts with theorems, states various properties and lists the associated relevant numerical methods. The second article, by \textit{M. Ohnishi}, gives an outline on stochastic order relations and applies them to reliability theory for describing ageing properties, deriving inequalities and conducting comparisons particularly of different policies. The authors of the first article are also responsible for the third one which gives an overview on classical preventive maintenance policies. Block replacement, age replacement, order replacement and inspection strategies are presented. \textit{H. Christer} treats delay time analysis in order to model the relationship between performance of equipment and maintenance interventions. His paper covers models for plants and components, non-perfect inspections, non-steady-state conditions and non-homogeneous defect arrival rates. Estimation of the actual values of relevant parameters is discussed in some detail. The fifth article by \textit{T. Nakagawa} investigates imperfect preventive maintenance with multiplicative reduction of age or failure rate in conjunction with a sequential maintenance policy. The expected costs are derived and optimal policies determined. The subsequent article by \textit{M. Kijima} introduces generalized renewal processes as counting processes based on Markovian partial sum processes and states their properties. These are applied to a repair model. The seventh article by \textit{T. Nakagawa} is devoted to achieving high reliability by redundancy. A two-unit redundancy model is investigated and optimal preventive policies are derived. \textit{H. Kawai}, \textit{J. Koyanagi} and \textit{M. Ohnishi} determine various optimal inspection and replacement policies in the case that the system can be described by a deteriorating Markov process. \textit{A. Csenki} gives a tutorial review on the analysis of semi-Markov models. Dependability measures are introduced, the relevant methods stated and, finally, numerical techniques discussed. The 10 th article by \textit{S. Yamada} deals with software reliability. The model describes the program as a mapping of the input space (data) to the output space (interruptions). Models for the growth of software reliability, for imperfect debugging and software availability are described and the release problem, the testing progress problem and finally the effort allocation problem are briefly addressed. The following article by \textit{K. Yasui}, \textit{T. Nakagawa} and \textit{H. Sandoh} investigates means for improving the reliability of data transmission. Forward-error correction, automation-repeat-request schemes and a combination of both are discussed and optimal strategies derived. The last article by \textit{C. Papadopoulos} and \textit{N. Limnios} is devoted to the determination of the probability of rare events by simulation. Two methods are proposed, namely importance sampling and the analytical-statistical method, both aiming at reducing the variance. Importance sampling changes the probabilistic structure of the system, while analytical-statistical methods are based on combining efficiently simulations with analytical solutions.
- The alert-delay competing risks model for maintenance analysis
- A versatile stochastic maintenance model with reserve and super-reserve machines
- Optimization problems of replacement first or last in reliability theory
- Stochastic reliability and maintenance modeling. Essays in honor of Professor Shunji Osaki on his 70th birthday
- Stochastic modeling for reliability. Shocks, burn-in and heterogeneous populations
- Stochastic models in reliability
- Optimization issues in \(k\)-out-of-\(n\) systems
- Stochastic comparisons of imperfect maintenance models for a gamma deteriorating system
- Optimal selection and release problem in software testing process: a continuous time stochastic control approach
- Replacement policies with general models
- Analysis of the reliability and the maintenance cost for finite life cycle systems subject to degradation and shocks
- A model of imperfect preventive maintenance with dependent failure modes
- On the reliability of Gaver's parallel system supervised by a safety unit
- Discrete software reliability assessment with discretized NHPP models
- Reliability and optimal maintenance.
- Which is better for replacement policies with continuous or discrete scheduled times?
- Reliability management and computing
- Over-time and over-level replacement policies with random working cycles
- Exponential approximation to Weibull renewal with decreasing failure rate
- Monte Carlo Simulation for Reliability Centered Maintenance Management
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3932154 (Why is no real title available?)
- Stochastic models of reliability and maintenance: An overview
- Stochastic maintenance modelling of high-tech steel production plant
- Periodic and sequential imperfect preventive maintenance policies for cumulative damage models
- Markovian performance evaluation for software system availability with processing time limit
- Further results on stochastic orderings and aging classes in systems with age replacement
- Ordering results on extremes of exponentiated location-scale models
- Preventive replacement policies with products update announcements
- Stochastic comparisons of two-unit repairable systems
- Optimum sequential preventive maintenance first or last policies with imperfect maintenance for a system subject to shocks
- On Gaver’s parallel system supervised by a safety unit: The global recovery time
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7407003 (Why is no real title available?)
- An ideal software release policy for an improved software reliability growth model incorporating imperfect debugging with fault removal efficiency and change point
- Optimal random replacement models with continuously processing jobs
- Modified monotone policy iteration for interpretable policies in Markov decision processes and the impact of state ordering rules
- MUT of a one out of two system with preventive maintenance
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