How to accommodate today’s ever higher demands on complex system availability targets, while remaining mindful of life-cycle cost (LCC)? A method will be presented to assess the impact of testability strategies, maintenance policies, and redundancy management on system availability and LCC. Markov diagrams and Petri nets are used to that end. Impact of ageing and imperfect maintenance is taken into account. The method is illustrated on communication networks and rail industry examinations.
Achieving Availability Cost-Effectively in Complex Systems
Session: 1B, Monday 8:00-10:00
How to accommodate today’s ever higher demands on complex system availability targets, while remaining mindful of life-cycle cost (LCC)? A method will be presented to assess the impact of testability strategies, maintenance policies, and redundancy management on system availability and LCC. Markov diagrams and Petri nets are used to that end. Impact of ageing and imperfect maintenance is taken into account. The method is illustrated on communication networks and rail industry examinations.