Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Wildeman, R.E.
Author-Name-Last: Wildeman
Author-Name-First: Ralph
Author-Name: Dekker, R.
Author-Name-Last: Dekker
Author-Name-First: Rommert
Author-Person: pde16
Author-Name: Smit, A.C.J.M.
Author-Name-Last: Smit
Title: A Dynamic Policy for Grouping Maintenance Activities
Abstract: A maintenance activity carried out on a technical system often involves a system-dependent set-up cost that is the same for all maintenance activities carried out on that system. Grouping activities thus saves costs since execution of a group of activities requires only one set-up. Many maintenance models
 consider the grouping of maintenance activities on a long-term basis with an infinite horizon. This makes it very difficult to incorporate short-term circumstances such as opportunities or a varying use of components because these are either not known beforehand or make the problem intractable. In this paper we propose a rolling-horizon approach that takes a long-term tentative plan as a basis for a subsequent adaptation according to information that becomes available on the short term. This yields a dynamic grouping policy that assists the maintenance manager in his planning job. We present a fast approach that allows interactive planning by showing how shifts from the tentative planning work out. We illustrate our approach with examples.
Creation-Date: 1995-01-01
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/1357/1357_c.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureir
Number: EI 9537-/A
Keywords: dynamic programming, maintenace, multi-component, planning
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureir:1357