Reliability of k-out-of-n:G system in supply chain based on Markov chain

Author

Liu, Yang ; Li, Jinlin ; Jia, Xujie

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage. & Econ., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1390

Lastpage

1393

Abstract

From the point of the process of distribution service, a Markov chain based method is proposed for analyzing the reliability of supply chain. This paper presents an analytic method for determining the reliability of supply chains for logistics systems. By introducing the model of k -out-of- n :G system in reliability into the studies of supply chain, an evaluation method is suggested. And the reliability of distribution service is obtained when the distribution center operates steadily. These indexes have practical and significant meaning for evaluating the supply chain system reliability performance and can also be used to improve the reliability management.

Keywords

Markov processes; reliability; supply chains; Markov chain; distribution service; reliability management; supply chains; Availability; Costs; Interference; Logistics; Merchandise; Reliability theory; Stochastic processes; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technology management; Markov chain; Reliability; Supply Chain; k -out-of- n :G system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2008. IEEE/SOLI 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2012-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2013-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOLI.2008.4686618

Filename

4686618