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A multiechelon inventory model with multiple failures
Author(s) -
Cheung Ki Ling,
Hausman Warren H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
naval research logistics (nrl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1520-6750
pISSN - 0894-069X
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6750(199308)40:5<593::aid-nav3220400504>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - computer science , operations research , base (topology) , reliability engineering , scheme (mathematics) , mathematical optimization , mathematics , engineering , mathematical analysis
This article presents a recoverable spares model for performance evaluation in a multiechelon inventory environment. This model explicitly incorporates the phenomenon known as multiple failures, in which more than one part can require replacement or repair when an end‐item reaches a maintenance base. The model is shown to be computationally intractable, and an approximation scheme is presented to estimate system performance. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.