To this day, continuous developments of technical systems and increasing reliance on
equipment have resulted in a growing importance of effective maintenance activities. During …

This paper presents an overview of two maintenance techniques widely discussed in the
literature: time-based maintenance (TBM) and condition-based maintenance (CBM). The …

This article surveys the application of gamma processes in maintenance. Since the
introduction of the gamma process in the area of reliability in 1975, it has been increasingly …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on maintenance management
and suggest possible gaps from the point of view of researchers and practitioners …

Conventionally there is a strong relation between manufacturing and services in complex
engineering industries. For companies which aim to last in the competitive manufacturing …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on maintenance optimization
models and associated case studies. For these optimization models critical observations are …

In comparison with the well‐researched field of analysis and design of structural systems,
the life‐cycle performance prediction of these systems under no maintenance as well as …

Industrial plant maintenance is an area which has enormous potential to be improved. It is
also an area attracted significant attention from mathematical modellers because of the …

This paper presents a 'Lexicographic'Goal Programming (LGP) approach to define the best
strategies for the maintenance of critical centrifugal pumps in an oil refinery. For each pump …

Over the last decennia industrial maintenance has evolved from a non-issue into a strategic
concern. Perhaps there are few other management disciplines that underwent so many …