This book provides an application-oriented framework for reliability modeling and analysis of repairable systems in conjunction with the procurement process of weapon systems and throughput analysis for industries.
Most of the reliability literature is directed towards non-repairable systems, that is, systems that fail are discarded or replaced. This book is mainly dedicated towards providing coverage to the reliability modeling and analysis of repairable systems that undergo failure-repair cycles.
This unique book provides a comprehensive framework for the modeling and analysis of repairable systems considering both the non-parametric and parametric approaches to deal with their failure data. The book presents MCF based non-parametric approach with several illustrative examples and the generalized renewal process (GRP) based arithmetic reduction of age (ARA) models along with its applications to the systems failure data from the aviation industry. A complete chapter on an integrated framework for procurement process is devoted by utilizing the concepts of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques which will of a great assistance to the readers in enhancing the potential of their respective organizations. This book also presents FMEA methods tailored for GRP based repairs.
This text has primarily emerged from the industrial experience and research work of the authors. A number of illustrations have been included to make the subject lucid and vivid even to the readers who are relatively new to this area. Besides, various examples have been provided to display the applicability of presented models and methodologies to assist the readers in applying the concepts presented in this book.
Rajiv Nandan Rai is an assistant professor at Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Reliability, Maintenance and Industrial Engineering from IIT Delhi, India. He has hands on industrial experience of almost 23 years in military aviation in which he has worked at all levels of maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft, aero engines and their components. He has published papers in several SCI journals.
S. K. Chaturvedi is a professor and currently Head at Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. He has research interest in the areas of reliability modeling and analysis, network reliability, life-data analysis, maintenance and optimization. He has published papers in several international journals, is reviewer to and executed several consultancy projects of private and Govt. organizations. He's written two books He's on the editorial board of Int. J. International Journal of Reliability and Safety (IJRS), Int. J of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences (IJMEMS). He's also a senior member to IEEE and has also served as Co-Editor-in-Chief to International Journal of Performability Engineering.
Nomesh Bolia received the PhD degree in operations research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. His research interests include operations research and its applications to reliability, health, telecommunications, transportation and public systems. Dr. Bolia received the prestigious Indo-US Fellowship for Public Health Research and has published in several journals including IEEE Transactions.
