The complexities associated with software system implemented often makes it imperative to maintain the existing software as a system of high functionality and throughput regime even in the face of changed external environment. It is preferable to enhance the functional operation by upgrading the existing software than changing entire systems as is demonstrated by continued usage of proprietary ...

The problem of reliability of new object of distributed hardware software (DHS) multi-agent system (MAS) is considered. DHS MAS is determined as a system that is based on agent technologies and consists of both agents and hardware components required for execution of agents and for interaction of agents with an environment. Reliability improvement, fault-recovery and several reliability assessm...

Congestion in the transmission lines is one of the technical problems that appear particularly in the deregulated environment. The voltage stability issue gets more important because of heavy loading in this environment. The main factor causing instability is the inability of the power system to meet the demand for reactive power. This paper presents a new approach for alleviation congestion re...

Reliability is of prime importance in computer-based safety critical systems where failure can lead to fatal consequences. Fault tolerant techniques in software have a vital role to play, because veri cation and validation techniques cannot guarantee that software is error free. Fault tolerance further improves the reliability of the system by ensuring it continues to operate safely when residu...

This paper attempts to provide a more realistic approach to the characterization of system reliability when handling redundancy allocation problems: it considers repairable series-parallel systems comprised of components subjected to corrective maintenance actions with failure-repair cycles modeled by renewal processes. A multiobjective optimization approach is applied since increasing the numb...

This paper proposes a closed-form method to evaluate wind turbine system reliability and associated failure consequences. Monte Carlo simulation, a widely used approach for system reliability assessment, usually requires large numbers of computational experiments, while existing analytical methods are limited to simple system event configurations with a focus on average values of reliability me...

This study presented work considering the development and initial assessment of an augmented reality approach to provide a user interface for operators that could be part equipment maintenance diagnostics system. Its purpose was system graduate students engineering technology experiment with design technology. The proposed took place three hours per week over period four weeks corrective action...

This paper presents a hybrid particle swarm optimization based genetic algorithm and hybrid particle swarm optimization based evolutionary programming for solving long-term generation maintenance scheduling problem. In power system, maintenance scheduling is being done upon the technical requirements of power plants and preserving the grid reliability. The objective function is to sell electric...

Knowledge-based application development for embedded systems requires an approach diierent from that used in other environments. This is due to the nature of embedded systems which amongst other characteristics, have strong reliability requirements and aim to optimize the use of underlying hardware resources. Any approach that satisses these constraints must be supported by the development tool...

Reliability estimation plays a significant role in the performance assessment of mining equipment, and aids in designing efficient and effective preventive maintenance strategies. Continuous and random/irregular occurrence of failures in a system could be the main cause for performance drop of machinery. The accomplishment of a projected level of production is possible only by an efficient oper...