Simulation-based Sensitivity Analysis of Manufacturing Equipment Availability
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چکیده
The operation and maintenance is one of the most important territories of the automotive industry. From the mathematical point of view, maintenance is a discrete state space stochastic process without after-effects, so it can be modeled as a Markov-chain. After determination of probability densities of changes of operational states and setting up the transition probability matrix, a matrix-algebraic method can be used for investigating these processes with systems approach analysis. This paper is aimed to discuss the possibilities of the use of simulation-based sensitivity analysis of maintenance systems and processes. The proposed method helps decision making in maintenance management.
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