This article briefly surveys the current state-of-the-art on ship management in maritime transportation. It covers three most important aspects of ship management: crew scheduling, maintenance scheduling, and spare part management.

This article presents theoretical basis of spare parts inventory management in manufacturing company. Basis definitions, allocation and differences in spare parts inventory management were compared with other manufacturing inventories. The issue of spare parts inventory management is emphasized in aspect of maintaining continuity of production and generated costs of maintaining inventory.

In this paper, a new model has been presented to determine the number of spare transformers and their locations for distribution stations. The number of spare transformers must be so that they need minimum investment. Furthermore, they must be sufficient for replacing with transformers that have been damaged. For this reason, in this paper a new purpose function has been presented to maximize p...

In this paper, we present a strongly faulttolerant design for the l-level k-ary tree multiprocessor and examine its reconfigurability. Our design assigns one spare node to the regular nodes of each subtree with lc levels. Moreover, spare nodes are interconnected to form a spare tree. Our approach utilizes the circuit-switched capabilities of the communication modules of the spare nodes to toler...

In this paper, we present a strongly fault-tolerant design for the k-ary n-cube multiprocessor and examine its reconfigurability. Our design augments the k-ary n-cube with ( j ) n spare nodes; each set of j regular nodes is connected to a spare node and the spare nodes are interconnected as a ( j )-ary n-cube. Our approach utilizes the circuit-switched capabilities of the communication modules ...

The purchasing policy of spare parts for maintenance and the reverse inventory chain logistics has been attracting researcher’s attention in recent years. In spare parts (SP) inventory control the aim is to maintain the inventory at an optimal level and to minimize the purchasing and the inventory costs. This paper deals with integration of the recycled spare parts in the economic models of inv...

A desired mesh architecture, based on connected-cycle modules, is constructed. To enhance the reliability, multiple bus sets and spare nodes are dynamically inserted to construct modular blocks. Two reconfiguration schemes are associated, and can eliminate the spare substitution domino effect. Simulations show that both schemes provide for increase in reliability over the interstitial redundanc...

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...

There are many kinds of automobile after-sale service spare parts, which are with a complex relationship in replacement and a large time span in models. The management of automobile after-sale service spare parts is a challenge, not only for automobile manufacturer but also for distributor. Therefore, it becomes an important and difficult task for automobile enterprises to do well in the supply...