Title :
System availability and operation support modeling
Author_Institution :
Reliability & Test Eng. Dept., Delta Design Inc., Poway, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the mathematical models that optimize required resources for maintaining system availability and desired production output. Markovian models are developed to obtain generalized and numerical steady state availability expressions. For each model, selective plots are shown to demonstrate equipment availability as a function of number of systems.
Keywords :
Markov processes; modelling; optimisation; reliability; Markovian models; equipment availability; maintaining system availability; numerical steady state availability; operation support modeling; production output; Availability; Design engineering; Maintenance engineering; Mathematical model; Production systems; Productivity; Reliability engineering; Steady-state; Testing; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics Manufacturing Technology Symposium, 2003. IEMT 2003. IEEE/CPMT/SEMI 28th International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7933-0
DOI :
10.1109/IEMT.2003.1225927