Degradation-based burn-in with preventive maintenance

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)360-367
Journal / PublicationEuropean Journal of Operational Research
Volume221
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2012

Abstract

As many products are becoming increasingly more reliable, traditional lifetime-based burn-in approaches that try to fail defective units during the test require a long burn-in duration, and thus are not effective. Therefore, we promote the degradation-based burn-in approach that bases the screening decision on the degradation level of a burnt-in unit. Motivated by the infant mortality faced by many Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMSs), this study develops two degradation-based joint burn-in and maintenance models under the age and the block based maintenances, respectively. We assume that the product population comprises a weak and a normal subpopulations. Degradation of the product follows Wiener processes with linear drift, while the weak and the normal subpopulations possess distinct drift parameters. The objective of joint burn-in and maintenance decisions is to minimize the long run average cost per unit time during field use by properly choosing the burn-in settings and the preventive replacement intervals. An example using the MEMS devices demonstrates effectiveness of these two models. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Research Area(s)

  • Burn-in, Degradation, Long run average cost, Preventive replacement, Wiener process

Citation Format(s)

Degradation-based burn-in with preventive maintenance. / Ye, Zhi-Sheng; Shen, Yan; Xie, Min.
In: European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 221, No. 2, 01.09.2012, p. 360-367.

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62)21_Publication in refereed journalpeer-review