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Availability Maximization of Redundancy Allocation Problem (RAP) of Series-Parallel System by Considering Failure Rates and Non-Exponential Repair

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Instructor, Economics, Accounting and Management Faculty, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Mecanical Engineering, Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

3 Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In the present study, the redundancy allocation problem (RAP) of series-parallel system has been investigated to maximize the system's availability. To achieve the research objective, budget, weight and volume constraints, and the maximum and minimum number of elements assigned to each subsystem have been considered. The main innovation of this research is to consider the failure and repair rates of components with non-exponential distribution function in the process of optimization. Taking into account failure and repair rate via non-exponential distribution function makes it impossible to calculate accessibility using mathematical relations. Therefore, the present study has used simulation method to calculate system availability. Since the simulation has no optimization capability On the other hand, in the redundancy allocation problem, it is necessary to evaluate the system availability recurrently in order to find the optimal solution. Further, due to the high degree of difficulty of developed mathematical function, the genetic metaheuristic algorithm was used to solve it. Finally, the efficiency of the genetic algorithm was measured against particle swarm algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm. To compare fairly, the parameters affecting the algorithms are adjusted using the Taguchi method and the algorithms are in their best practice. The computational results prove the high ability of the genetic algorithm in optimizing the concerned problem.

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Industrial Management Studies
Volume 18, Issue 59
January 2021
Pages 151-180
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