MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING OF MULTI-MACHINE SYSTEMS

Abstract

The aontaisporery field of Systems ingineer ,ng has exhibited an increasing need for comparative evaluation of alternative(mansd al) decisions (designs) early in the research and eval tion phase. As the complexity and soph* istiaation of the systems increase, the r ,se in cost and time needed for their Implementation sakes more imperative the earliest possible prediction of their efficiency, thus enabling an early evaluation of modifications or alternative proposed systems. A considerable body of applied techniques, useful in attacking these general alternative selective problem;,, has been developed in recent years by Bystams Engineers. On such technique which Las powerful tool in the study of systems is the Computer elation Technique. In recent years .eceput.r ration has become increasingly popular among economists and sranagement scientists as a tool for analysing the behaviour of complex systems. The range of applications of computer siaulaticn now extends from specific activities of business firas, for ezaple, inventory and production seduling,, to simulations of entire corporations and y n the economy of *st17 countries. As a tool for testing the effects of alternative managerial..