Abstract:

Aiming at the complexity of large complex equipment maintenance resources assignment, the policy that a repairman takes multiple vacations is introduced to the parallel system containing n identical components. Considering too strong constraints of exponential distribution and other typical distributions in the former models, this paper assumes that the components lifetime, repair time and the repairman’s vacation time are all subject to continuous phase-type distribution, and builds a more applicable reliability analytical model. The reliability features, such as the system reliability, system steady-state availability, steady-state failure frequency and system mean time between failures (MTBF), are shown in analytical forms. Finally, the applicability of the model is implemented by numerical application.