Most large systems development efforts proceed in a top-down fashion where initialspecifications and requirements are incorporated into a high-level design, followed byprograms based on this design. However, a major part of the software life-cycle effort isdevoted to maintenance. While several...

The use of shipping containers for the transport of goods has become indispensable and a crucial factor for globalization by providing inexpensive and safe transport opportunities. It is expected that the number of globally operating containers will increase in the near future. Despite a high...

The article is centred on software system development for manufacturing company that produces polyethylene bags using mostly conventional machines in a competitive world where each business enterprise desires to stand tall. This is meant to assist in gaining market shares, taking maintenance and...

Modern decision support systems need to be connected online to equipment so that the large amount of data available can be used to guide the decisions of shop floor operators, making full use of the potential of industrial manufacturing systems. This paper investigates a novel optimization and...

This study presents an integrated simulation- mathematical programming-expert system approach to develop an optimal solution for maintenance management in a complex public infrastructure system. First, a model of maintenance system is made through a computerized simulation with respect to the...