Accession Number:
ADA007096
Title:
Allocation of the Parameters Repair Time and Failure Rate for Maximum Availability Subject to a Cost Constraint.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Corporate Author:
ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND TEXARKANA TX INTERN TRAINING CENTER
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1974-04-01
Pagination or Media Count:
81.0
Abstract:
This paper develops a technique for allocating repair time and failure rate parameters to each component of a system based on obtaining a maximum availability for a given amount of funds. Assumptions used to make a solution feasible were constant failure rates, independent components, series system, and multiple failures possible. Different cost functions associated with changing each components failure rate and repair time were used in a discrete step form. Dynamic programming was used to solve the problem. A computer program was developed to facilitate the solution of the allocation technique and example problems are stated and solved.
Subject Categories:
- Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies