Simulation as a decision support tool in maintenance float systems – the auto...

• Author(s): Peito, Francisco ; Pereira, Guilherme ; Leitão, Armando ; Dias, luis
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/8956
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Discrete event simulation; Maintenance
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

This paper is concerned with the use of simulation as a decision support tool in maintenance systems, specifically in MFS (Maintenance Float Systems). For this purpose and due to its high complexity, in this paper the authors propose a flexible way to develop typical MFS models, for any number of machines in the workstation, spare machines and maintenance crews. Arena® simulation language is used to understand a specific MFS, create the corresponding MFS model and analyze most common performance measures.