Optimal number of standby units for a multi-stage, multi-machine, logically serial production system
Date of Publication
1995
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
Subject Categories
Industrial Engineering
College
Gokongwei College of Engineering
Department/Unit
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Thesis Adviser
Dr. Cleta Milagros Acebedo
Defense Panel Chair
Dennis Beng Hui
Defense Panel Member
Rolando Ramon Diaz
Ronaldo Polancos
Abstract/Summary
The scope of reliability encompasses all branches of science and engineering. As technological advances produce more complex devices and systems that are expensive to build, and even more expensive if they fail to operate as designed, performance evaluation using reliability analysis techniques takes on an ever increasing importance. In this study, a model that will determine the optimum number of standby units that will support a multi-stage, multi-machine, and logically serial production system is formulated. The objective is to minimize the total present cost of improvement subject to a reliability constraint. A logically serial system is one whose configuration is such that the entire system experiences downtime whenever there is a shortfall in the number of operating units in any of the stages. The system considered consists of different stages with several identical equipment in each stage.
A computer program was developed to solve the formulated model. One just needs to input the number of stages in the production system, the number of operating units per stage with the equipments' failure rates as well as the repair rate of the service facility. The program will also ask for the costs corresponding to each equipment and the reliability requirement of the system. The results are readily available once all the data required are inputted. The program is user friendly and can be used by anyone with access to a 386 or a later model personal computer.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TG02386
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
174 leaves
Keywords
Stochastic systems; Production engineering; Mathematical optimization; Industrial engineering
Recommended Citation
Damian, L. G. (1995). Optimal number of standby units for a multi-stage, multi-machine, logically serial production system. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1659
