Simulation as a decisison support tool in maintenance float systems

• Author(s): Pereira, Guilherme ; Peito, Francisco ; Leitão, Armando ; Dias, Luís M. S.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/15635
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Simulation; Discrete event simulation; Maintenance; Preventive maintenance; Queueing theory; Float systems
• 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 MPS (Maintenance Float Systems). For this purpose and due to its high complexity, in this paper the authors explore and present a possible way to construct a MPS model using Arena® simulation language, where some of the most common performance measures are identified, calculated and analysed.