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Reliability evaluation of production systems with finite buffers subject to time-dependent and operation-dependent failures

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The accurate due-date reliability evaluation of demand satisfaction is vital for due-time performance prediction of production systems. This paper proposes an improved multi-state reliability evaluation approach for production systems with finite buffers subject to time-dependent failures (TDFs), operation-dependent failures (ODFs). Instead of TDF machine model or ODF machine model, a modified machine reliability model considering both TDFs and ODFs is presented as a basis. And then an equivalent workstation reliability model is proposed by steady probability analysis of finite buffers. A united reliability calculating framework is constructed for the multi-state production system based on universal generating function. A case study of a piston production line is conducted to prove the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

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This project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.U20A6004,72271067), The International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of Guangdong Province (Grant No.2022A0505050047). Guangzhou Basic and Applied Basic Research Program (SL2023A04J01597), Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi province (Program No. 2021JQ-263).

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Zhang, D., Luo, Y. & Liu, Q. Reliability evaluation of production systems with finite buffers subject to time-dependent and operation-dependent failures. Ann Oper Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-05891-z

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