Availability evaluation of multicomponent systems under repair policies: a generalized kronecker-based approach

This paper presents stochastic automata networks for computing the availability of each component in a multi-component system, when the repair resources are limited and different repair policies must be considered. To take into account the dependencies resulting from the sharing of maintenance teams, we use functional transitions that are implemented via generalized tensor algebra. The approach is illustrated through numerical examples. Simulation experiments are conducted to verify the results obtained by the proposed analytical approach