Technical System Maintenance: Delay-Time-Based Modelling (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering)

This book provides a detailed introduction to maintenance policies and the current and future research in these fields, highlighting mathematical formulation and optimization techniques. It comprehensively describes the state of art in maintenance modelling and optimization for single- and multi-unit technical systems, and also investigates the problem of the estimation process of delay-time parameters and how this affects system performance.

The book discusses delay-time modelling for multi-unit technical systems in various reliability structures, examining the optimum maintenance policies both analytically and practically, focusing on a delay-time modelling technique that has been employed by researchers in the field of maintenance engineering to model inspection intervals. It organizes the existing work into several fields, based mainly on the classification of single- and multi-unit models and assesses the applicability of the reviewed works and maintenance models. Lastly, it identifies potential future research directions and suggests research agendas.

This book is a valuable resource for maintenance engineers, reliability specialists, and researchers, as it demonstrates the latest developments in maintenance, inspection and delay-time-based maintenance modelling issues. It is also of interest to graduate and senior undergraduate students, as it introduces current theory and practice in maintenance modelling issues, especially in the field of delay-time modelling.

Sylwia Werbińska-Wojciechowska is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Maintenance and Operation of Logistic, Transportation and Hydraulic Systems at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland. Her fields of interest include issues of technical systems maintenance modelling using the delay-time concept, modelling and performance measurement of transport systems operation, as well as supply chain resilience and vulnerability problems. She has published more than 100 scientific articles in journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Eksploatacja i Niezawodnosc – Maintenance and Reliability, and Procedia Engineering. She is a member of Polish Logistics Association and Polish Maintenance Society. She also represents the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in the European Safety, Reliability and Data Association and European Safety and Reliability Association-ESRA. She is a member of ESRA’s Technical Committee:Maintenance Modelling and Applications. Moreover, she a member of the ESRA newsletter’s editorial board. She is also involved in the Logistic and Transportation Processes Section of the Polish Academy of Science. She has led or participated in 12 national or international research projects in the fields of technical systems maintenance modelling, reliability and safety identification, evaluation, prediction and optimization, and logistic support designing.