In this paper, a new approach for preventive maintenance of generating units in a competitive market environment is proposed. The objective of the generator maintenance scheduling (GMS) problem is to find the precise time interval for maintenance of power generating units with an objective criterion of maximizing the profit of individual generation companies (GenCo’s) present in an electricity ...

The essentiality of maintenance assessment and maintenance optimization in design stage is analyzed, and the existent problems of conventional maintenance design method are illuminated. MDMVM (Maintenance Design Method based Virtual Maintenance) is illuminated, and the process of MDMVM established, and the MDMVM architecture is given out. The key techniques of MDMVM are analyzed, and include ma...

PT BBI is a company engaged in producing machinery, industrial equipment, and foundry. has overgrown as that focuses on manufacturing delivering products such oil gas/refinery/petrochemical industries, power plans, iron castings, precision machinery centers, etc. uses various kinds of machines to support its production process. Some devices have often experienced damage caused downtime recent y...

In this paper a study about human error optimization is presented. A discussion about the maintenance or operation management is done. The models of human error were made using a well known technique named Technique for Human Error Rate Prediction (THERP), wisely used in the nuclear area. These models were included in the Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) to evaluate the impact of human error...

This is the last part of a four-part survey of optimization models and solution algorithms for winter road maintenance planning. The two first parts of the survey address system design problems for winter road maintenance. The third part concentrates mainly on vehicle routing problems for spreading operations. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive survey of optimization models and...