International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications

Using genetic algorithm to optimize a system with repairable components and multi-vacations for repairmen

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Faculty of Industrial Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, we present a redundancy allocation problem (RAP) with series-parallel sub-systems and repairable components. The repairmen will go on multiple vacations. In repairable systems, a fundamental aspect to be considered is to predict the reliability of the systems under study. Set a reliability model for repairable systems, however, is still a challenging problem when considering the dependency This paper aims to evaluate the number of components and repairmen in each sub-system. Because this RAP belongs to Np. Hard problems, also, a Genetic algorithm to solve the presented model.

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International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications
Volume 13, Issue 2
July 2022
Pages 3139-3144
  • Receive Date: 28 July 2022
  • Accept Date: 31 July 2022