Title: Functional product system availability: simulation-driven design and operation through coupled multi-objective optimisation

Authors: Magnus Lofstrand, John Andrews, Magnus Karlberg, Lennart Karlsson

Addresses: Division of Computer Aided Design, Lulea University of Technology, SE-971 87 Lulea, Sweden. ' Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre, NTEC Building, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. ' Division of Computer Aided Design, Lulea University of Technology, SE-971 87 Lulea, Sweden. ' Division of Computer Aided Design, Lulea University of Technology, SE-971 87 Lulea, Sweden

Abstract: This paper describes on a conceptual level how the availability of functional products (consisting of hardware (HW) and a support system) may be simulated. The main objective of this paper is to present a simulation-driven methodology for predicting and optimising the availability and cost of functional products in both development and operation. The proposed simulation and optimisation methodology includes both HW and support system models, which coupled form a simulation model of a system (functional product) delivering the function. Two different simulation-driven methodologies are suggested in the paper: one for development and another for operation of functional products.

Keywords: functional product development; PSS; product-service-system; performance simulation; BDDs; binary decision diagrams; Petri nets; multiobjective optimisation; availability; productivity; cost; modelling; functional products; product operation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2011.038868

International Journal of Product Development, 2011 Vol.13 No.2, pp.119 - 131

Published online: 27 Feb 2015 *

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