...Mohit Goswami; Yash Daultani; M. Ramkumar Purpose This paper analytically models and numerically investigates two operating levers, namely optimization of product price and optimization of product quality in the context of a manufacturer that sells the products directly in the marketplace...

...Daas Samia; Innal Fares Purpose This study aims to improve the reliability of emergency safety barriers by using the subjective safety analysis based on evidential reasoning theory in order to develop on a framework for optimizing the reliability of emergency safety barriers. Design/methodology...

... in order to optimize the dimpling process parameters while taking into account several performance factors and low-cost model. In addition, a statistical method called ANOVA is used to ensure that the results are adequate. The optimal process parameters that generate improved mechanical properties...

...Noha M. Hassan; Ameera Hamdan; Farah Shahin; Rowaida Abdelmaksoud; Thurya Bitar Purpose To avoid the high cost of poor quality (COPQ), there is a constant need for minimizing the formation of defects during manufacturing through defect detection and process parameters optimization. This research...

...Ali Zavareh; Ehsan Fallahiarezoudar; Mohaddeseh Ahmadipourroudposht Purpose This paper aims to optimize the maintenance scheduling of emergency rescue wagons in railway companies using a genetic algorithm (GA). It offers an integrated model for simultaneously solving maintenance planning...

... and word cloud from the bibliometric analysis and text mining of the articles reveal that optimization and simulation models are extensively developed for various casting techniques, including sand casting, investment casting, die casting and squeeze casting, to improve quality aspects of the casting's...

...Ali Karevan; Kong Fah Tee; Mohammadreza Vasili Purpose This study presents a reliability-based and sustainability-informed maintenance optimization model for telecommunications equipment. It considers several risk attributes associated with sustainability dimensions (i.e. social, economic...

...Jimut Bahan Chakrabarty; Shovan Chowdhury; Soumya Roy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to design an optimal reliability acceptance sampling plan (RASP) using the Type-I generalized hybrid censoring scheme (GHCS) for non-repairable products sold under the general rebate warranty. A cost...

...Shervin Asadzadeh; Behrouz Akhavan; Behnaz Akhavan Purpose In this paper, the performance of a specific gas station (Parvin) has been studied and investigated. The purpose of this research is to design a second-order regression model based on simulated data to optimize the queuing system in line...

..., the total fault content of the software tends to increase and the phenomenon is known as error generation. Here in this paper, we propose a pioneer-generalized framework to detach optimal release time from testing stop time under an error generation-based imperfect debugging environment with real-life case...

...Abbas Al-Refaie; Mays Haddadin; Alaa Qabaja Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach to determine the optimal parameters and tolerances in concurrent product and process design in the early design stages utilizing fuzzy goal programming. A wheelchair design is provided...

... of the component increases exponentially with its reliability. Design/methodology/approach In order to solve this nonlinear optimization problem, the authors propose two approaches. The first approach is based on the concept of adjusting the reliability of a pair of components to minimize the cost...

... of the system is estimated with the help of the unbiased estimator of failure rate. The testing procedure is stopped when a fixed number of failures occur for each component. Findings An optimal reliability test plan is designed and the resultant non-linear integer optimization problem is formulated...

... of the components. Cost model for integrating selective maintenance, quality control using sampling-based procedure and production scheduling is developed using the conditional reliability. An integrated approach is such that, first an optimal schedule for the batches to be processed is obtained independently while...

.../methodology/approach – IPA is a simple but powerful tool for understanding the current status of factors or attributes in management problems. However, it lacks to provide the proper indication of what to do next on those factors or attributes to optimize a goal. RSM is a statistical tool helping us to set...

...Samer Gowid; Roger Dixon; Saud Ghani Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to optimize system redundancy and maintenance intervals of a propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant (C3MR) liquefaction process on floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) export platforms. Design/methodology/approach...

... optimizations. This paper aims to focus on the use of micro-WEDG process to generate a micro-tool (electrode) with minimum surface roughness and higher metal removal rate (MRR). Design/methodology/approach – In this research work, the Taguchi quality loss function analysis is used to examine and explain...

...M. Xie; B. Yang Software testing is usually a very costly and time‐consuming phase in software development. As most software systems are modular, it is of great importance for the management to allocate the limited testing‐time among the software modules in an optimal way so that the highest...

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... to accomplish the inconsistency. Under the investigation of “average software reliability”, a higher software reliability can be achieved as long as the testing time increases. Also, in this paper, an optimal software release policy is proposed to explore the issue of compromising the expenses on software...