The choice of proper technologies and frameworks - generally facing tradeoff involving costs, resources, performancesand innovation is a crucial point in Information Systems Development (ISD), necessary to make the system effective,maintainable

This paper presents a high quality simulation tool that evaluates the efficiency of redundancy algorithms (RAs) for repairable memory devices. The tool can generate various faulty memory models to be analyzed by a given RA. Furthermore it can provide useful information for the feedback to RA under evaluation when the RA fails to repair any theoretically repairable model. The approach and the ex...

This paper documents a simulation study undertaken to gain insights into the Vari-Metric multi-echelon repairable inventory optimization method. The method was analyzed in the context of the Coast Guard’s fleet of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, for which operational availability is the key performance metric. Failure rates of parts in this system exhibit variance-to-mean ratios higher than one...

This paper considers four options of warranty and preventive maintenance policy. The product is repairable and sold with a non-renewing free warranty policy. For products sold with warranty, preventive maintenance (PM) actions by manufacturers and/or buyers have an impact on the total costs for both parties. In this study, we deal with a model to study the effect of PM that carried out by the m...

A reliability system submitted to external and internal failures, that can be repairable or non-repairable, with degradation levels, and with sojourn times phase-type distributed, is considered. Repair is not as good as new, and the repair of internal failure follows policy N, that is, after N completed repairs the system is replaced by a new one to the following failure, repairable or not. For...

Most of the existing reliability analysis is based on exponential distribution which is convenient to calculation, whereas most intelligent electronic devices exhibit Weibull distribution. What kind of influence will life distribution have on the reliability and availability of a smart substation? This paper compares the reliability and availability of systems with different life distributions ...

We consider a manufacturer of complex machines that offers service contracts to her customers, committing herself to repair failed spare parts throughout a fixed service period. The suppliers of spare parts often discontinue the production of some parts as technology advances and ask the manufacturer to place a final order. We address the problem of determining final orders for such spare parts...