Title :
Testing strategies for parallel-series standby systems
Author_Institution :
Chaoyang Univ. of Technol., Taichung
Abstract :
Surveillance test schedule has been studies to increase standby system unavailability and keep plant safety. In earlier research, testing strategies, such as simultaneous or uniformly staggered testing, have been applied for simpler standby systems and the optimal test interval can then be obtained. For more complex systems, the best testing schedules were obtained by comparing the performance of pre-specified testing policies by using computer software or simulation. In this study, three candidate testing strategies for parallel-series systems were developed based on the results of simpler systems. The performances of three candidate strategies are also been compared under both risk (considering only system unavailability) and decision (considering both system unavailability and maintenance cost) points of view.
Keywords :
decision making; industrial plants; process monitoring; production engineering computing; production testing; risk management; safety; surveillance; computer simulation; computer software; decision making; parallel-series standby systems; plant safety; risk management; surveillance test schedule; Chaos; Cost function; Engineering management; Industrial engineering; Job shop scheduling; Safety; Software testing; Surveillance; System testing; Technology management; parallel-series systems; testing strategy;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2007 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1529-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1529-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419269
