A general repeat inspection plan for dependent multicharacteristic critical components

S. O. Duffuaa*, Mehmood Khan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A component is critical if it causes disaster or a very high cost upon failure. Multicharacteristic critical components exist in many systems. Such components could be a part of an aircraft, space shuttle, a special weapon system or a gas ignition system. In many situations, characteristics' failures of these components are statistically dependent. In this paper, a new inspection plan for such components is proposed. A mathematical model that depicts the plan is developed and an example demonstrating the results of the model is given. The advantage of this model over the other model where independence of the characteristics' failure is assumed for the case of dependency is illustrated. The model resulted in an average of 32.4% reduction in cost compared to the situation where the dependency case is solved assuming statistical independence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)374-385
Number of pages12
JournalEuropean Journal of Operational Research
Volume191
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the support provided by the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Department of Systems Engineering in conducting this research.

Keywords

  • Dependent characteristics
  • Inspection error
  • Quality control
  • Repeat inspection plan

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Information Systems and Management

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