A simulation program to model effects of logistics on R&M of complex systems

Author

Gonzalez-Vega, Ofelia ; Foster, Joseph W., III ; Hogg, Gary L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

26-28 Jan 1988

Firstpage

306

Lastpage

313

Abstract

A simulation program (SIMULAV) is presented that is capable of modeling large-scale reliability systems. The program can model the effect of such logistics characteristics as inventory, transportation, and facilities on the reliability and availability of the system. The program is written in Pascal and it consists of three main elements: a process-oriented simulation language, a minimal cut-sets algorithm, and a simulation model to estimate the availability of a complex system. The model is implemented using the process-oriented simulation language and its uses the minimal cut-sets to determine system failure. It assumes that the system can be represented by a reliability block diagram. Examples are modeled to show how SIMULAV can be used to assess the effect of some logistic parameters on the availability of the system

Keywords

digital simulation; logistics data processing; reliability; simulation languages; Pascal; SIMULAV; facilities; inventory; large-scale reliability systems; logistics; minimal cut-sets algorithm; process-oriented simulation language; simulation model; simulation program; system availability; transportation; Availability; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Large-scale systems; Logistics; Power system modeling; Power system reliability; Power system simulation; Telecommunication network reliability; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1988. Proceedings., Annual

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARMS.1988.196466

Filename

196466