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A Corrective Maintenance Policy Which Determines Replacement or Repair for the Maintenance of System Failures

  • Jang, Jae-Jin;Lie, Chang-Hoon
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.54-62
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    • 1989
  • This paper presents a corrective maintenance model to determine either type of maintenance actions upon failure of the system. Types of maintenance actions considered are minimal repair and replacement. Minimal repair cost is assumed to be random, whereas replacement cost is fixed. A policy, B(t), which determines the type of maintenance action based on the estimated minimal repair cost when the system fails at time t is adopted. To obtain an optimal policy, an expected maintenance cost per unit time is derived and is minimized with respect to B(t).

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The Threshold Policy in the M/M/2 Queue with Server Vacation (휴가가 존재하는 M/M/2 대기 시스템의 한계치를 이용한 제어정책)

  • 이효성
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1995
  • In this study, a threshold policy is considered for the M/M/2 queueing system with server vacations. The probability generating function for the number of customers present in the system is derived using an embedded Markov chain approach. Then, assuming a linear cost structure, an efficient procedure to find an optimal threshold policy is presented. The Laplace-Stieltjes transofrm for th waiting time of an arbitrary customer under a "FIFO" discipline is also derived.o derived.

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(S-1, S) Inventory Policy Including Non-stocking Alternative as an Optimal Policy for Low Demand Items

  • Park, Kyung-S.
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 1980
  • When the number of stockable item types is too large in certain large scale inventory operations, it is important to classify and screen out the items that need not be stocked; and for the low demand or high cost items, it may be preferable to use one-for-one-ordering policy. In this paper, the problem is formulated in somewhat easier terms, and a criterion is developed that can be used in deciding what items not to stock.

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Warranty Cost Analysis and Its Application to Replacement Policy for a Repairable Warranted Item (수리가능한 품목의 보증비용분석과 응용)

  • Son, Eun-Il;Suh, Yong-Sung;Park, Young-Taek
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.54-65
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    • 1994
  • A hybrid warranty policy for a repairable item is considered. Assuming that minimal repairs ar e performed for failures during warranty period, present worth of warranty cost is derived from a supplier's viewpoint. An optimal preventive periodic replacement policy for the case is also derived from a user's viewpoint Numerical examples are presented in order to explain the results.

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Asymmetric Effects of US Housing Price Inflation on Optimal Monetary Policy (미국 주택 가격 상승률의 비대칭성과 최적통화정책)

  • Kim, Jangryoul;Kim, Minyoung;Lim, Gieyoung
    • International Area Studies Review
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.66-88
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    • 2009
  • This paper studies optimal discretionary monetary policy in the presence of uncertainty in the housing sector. In particular, we allow two possible regimes regarding the evolution of housing price inflation and the effects of housing price inflation on the aggregate demand. Estimation results with the US data confirm the presence of two distinctive regimes, one 'normal' and the other more akin to the housing price 'bubble' state. The optimal policy is 'asymmetric' in that the optimal responses in the 'normal' regime require the central bank to lean against the wind to inflationary pressure from CPI and housing inflation, while the central bank is recommended to accommodate it in the other regime.

Design of a Condition-based Maintenance Policy Using a Surrogate Variable (대용변수를 이용한 상태기반 보전정책의 설계)

  • Kwon, Hyuck Moo;Hong, Sung Hoon;Lee, Min Koo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.299-312
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: We provide a condition-based maintenance policy where a surrogate variable is used for monitoring system performance. We constructed a risk function by taking into account the risk and losses accompanied with erroneous decisions. Methods: Assuming a unique degradation process for the performance variable and its specific relationship with the surrogate variable, the maintenance policy is determined. A risk function is developed on the basis of producer's and consumer's risks accompanied with each decision. With a strategic safety factor considered, the optimal threshold value for the surrogate variable is determined based on the risk function. Results: The condition-based maintenance is analyzed from the point of risk. With an assumed safety consideration, the optimal threshold value of the surrogate variable is provided for taking a maintenance action. The optimal solution cannot be obtained in a closed form. An illustrative numerical example and solution is provided with a source code of R program. Conclusion: The study can be applied to situation where a sensor signal is issued if the system performance begins to degrade gradually and reaches eventually its functional failure. The study can be extended to the case where two or more performance variables are connected to a same surrogate variable. Also estimation of the distribution parameters and risk coefficients should be further studied.

Optimal number of initial products test quantity applied Korean version of LRIP (한국형 초도생산제도 도입을 적용한 초도생산품 시험 수량 산출 방안 연구)

  • Jung, Sung-Chan;Kang, Seok-Joong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.120-129
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    • 2020
  • This paper aims to benchmark the United States' LRIP, the country's initial production policy, and provide a Korean version of such policy which reflects the circumstances of the country's weapon system research & development(R&D) and acquisition procedures. The research suggests measures to improve the country's initial production policy in a direction that the policy could execute two stage continuously: (1) employment test & evaluation(OT&E), conducted on prototypes during the development stage, and (2) field employment tests(FT), conducted on initial products during the production stage. In addition, the research provides an equation calculating the optimal number of initial test products to be produced, applying statistical theories of t-distribution. The research aims to be used a reference to calculate the optimal number of initial products to be produced for testing in order to improve future national defense acquisition systems and the stable R&D of weapons systems.

Fuzzy sliding-mode control of a human arm in the sagittal plane with optimal trajectory

  • Ardakani, Fateme Fotouhi;Vatankhah, Ramin;Sharifi, Mojtaba
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.40 no.5
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    • pp.653-663
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    • 2018
  • Patients with spinal cord injuries cannot move their limbs using their intact muscles. A suitable controller can be used to move their arms by employing the functional electrical stimulation method. In this article, a fuzzy exponential sliding-mode controller is designed to move a musculoskeletal human arm model to track an optimal trajectory in the sagittal plane. This optimal arm trajectory is obtained by developing a policy for the central nervous system. In order to specify the optimal trajectory between two points, two dynamic and static optimal criteria are applied simultaneously. The first dynamic objective function is defined to minimize the joint torques, and the second static optimization is offered to minimize the muscle forces at each moment. In addition, fuzzy logic is used to tune the sliding-surface parameter to enable an appropriate tracking performance. Simulation results are evaluated and compared with experimental data for upward and downward movements of the human arm.