This paper studies the solution technique to solve the DRAMA spares allocation optimization problem. DRAMA model is an analytic spare optimization model of a multi-item, multi-location, and two-echelon inventory syste...This paper studies the solution technique to solve the DRAMA spares allocation optimization problem. DRAMA model is an analytic spare optimization model of a multi-item, multi-location, and two-echelon inventory system. The computation of its system spares availability is much complicated. The objective function and constraint functions of DRAMA model could be written as the separable forms. A new bound heuristic algorithm has been presented by improving the bound heuristic algorithm for solving the reliability redundancy optimization problem (BHA in short). With the results, the proposed algorithm has been found to be more economical and effective than BHA to obtain the solutions of large DRAMA model. The new algorithm could be used to solve reliability redundancy optimization problems with the separable forms.展开更多
Spares inventory configuration optimization is an effective way to improve readiness and reduce life cycle cost of equipment.Through analyzing two-echelon spares support system,the METRIC model basic theory was used.A...Spares inventory configuration optimization is an effective way to improve readiness and reduce life cycle cost of equipment.Through analyzing two-echelon spares support system,the METRIC model basic theory was used.An inventory configuration optimization model of two-echelon spares support system was proposed which took the spares expected shortfall as the object and made the minimum repairable parts expected shortfall instead of the maximum spares supportability as the objective function.Marginal efficiency analysis algorithm was applied to optimizing the spares configuration and generating a rational spares inventory configuration.Finally,several examples are given to verify the model.展开更多
文摘This paper studies the solution technique to solve the DRAMA spares allocation optimization problem. DRAMA model is an analytic spare optimization model of a multi-item, multi-location, and two-echelon inventory system. The computation of its system spares availability is much complicated. The objective function and constraint functions of DRAMA model could be written as the separable forms. A new bound heuristic algorithm has been presented by improving the bound heuristic algorithm for solving the reliability redundancy optimization problem (BHA in short). With the results, the proposed algorithm has been found to be more economical and effective than BHA to obtain the solutions of large DRAMA model. The new algorithm could be used to solve reliability redundancy optimization problems with the separable forms.
文摘Spares inventory configuration optimization is an effective way to improve readiness and reduce life cycle cost of equipment.Through analyzing two-echelon spares support system,the METRIC model basic theory was used.An inventory configuration optimization model of two-echelon spares support system was proposed which took the spares expected shortfall as the object and made the minimum repairable parts expected shortfall instead of the maximum spares supportability as the objective function.Marginal efficiency analysis algorithm was applied to optimizing the spares configuration and generating a rational spares inventory configuration.Finally,several examples are given to verify the model.
