An analysis of maintenance schedules for public facilities

• Authors: HOPLAND Arnt O. , KVAMSDAL Sturla F. , SANDAL Leif K.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We present a flexible, formal framework for maintenance scheduling for public facilities. Key features of the model include an accelerating deterioration scheme, a general utility measure, and real estate market effects in the salvage function. The model is rich enough to capture a range of stylistic scenarios pertaining to public facilities while remaining simple enough to allow formal analysis of the optimal maintenance schedule. Based on our analysis, we draw a phase diagram that classifies the generic behavior of the optimal solution. We illustrate our analysis in numerical examples that highlight essential trade-offs and the time dependence of the facility maintenance problem. Under simplifying assumptions, we also derive the basics of an exact solution.

Keywords

EN

maintenance; public facilities; optimization

• Publisher: Politechnika Wrocławska. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Journal: Operations Research and Decisions
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 17-35

Contributors

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HOPLAND Arnt O.

• NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway

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KVAMSDAL Sturla F.

• SNF – Centre for Applied Research at NHH, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway

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SANDAL Leif K.

• NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5277/ord190102