Importance measure-based maintenance strategy optimization: Fundamentals, applications and future directions in AI and IoT

Abstract

Numerous maintenance strategies have been proposed in the literature related to reliability. This paper focuses on the utilization of reliability importance measures to optimize maintenance strategies. We analyze maintenance strategies based on importance measures and identify areas lacking sufficient research. The paper presents principles and formulas for advanced importance measures within the context of optimizing maintenance strategies. Additionally, it classifies methods of maintenance strategy optimization according to importance measures and outlines the roles of these measures in various maintenance strategies. Finally, it discusses potential challenges that optimization of maintenance strategies based on importance measures may encounter with future technologies.

Key words： maintenance strategy; importance measure; reliability; maintenance cost

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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