Probabilistic sensitivity analysis of optimized preventive maintenance strategies for deteriorating infrastructure assets

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dc.contributor.authorJeffrey, Paul
dc.contributor.authorStocks, N. J.
dc.contributor.authorDaneshkhah, Alireza
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-27T14:09:38Z
dc.date.available2017-03-27T14:09:38Z
dc.date.issued2017-02-21
dc.description.abstractEfficient life-cycle management of civil infrastructure systems under continuous deterioration can be improved by studying the sensitivity of optimised preventive maintenance decisions with respect to changes in model parameters. Sensitivity analysis in maintenance optimisation problems is important because if the calculation of the cost of preventive maintenance strategies is not sufficiently robust, the use of the maintenance model can generate optimised maintenances strategies that are not cost-effective. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis methods (particularly variance based ones), only partially respond to this issue and their use is limited to evaluating the extent to which uncertainty in each input contributes to the overall output's variance. These methods do not take account of the decision-making problem in a straightforward manner. To address this issue, we use the concept of the Expected Value of Perfect Information (EVPI) to perform decision-informed sensitivity analysis: to identify the key parameters of the problem and quantify the value of learning about certain aspects of the life-cycle management of civil infrastructure system. This approach allows us to quantify the benefits of the maintenance strategies in terms of expected costs and in the light of accumulated information about the model parameters and aspects of the system, such as the ageing process. We use a Gamma process model to represent the uncertainty associated with asset deterioration, illustrating the use of EVPI to perform sensitivity analysis on the optimisation problem for age-based and condition-based preventive maintenance strategies. The evaluation of EVPI indices is computationally demanding and Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques would not be helpful. To overcome this computational difficulty, we approximate the EVPI indices using Gaussian process emulators. The implications of the worked numerical examples discussed in the context of analytical efficiency and organisational learning.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationJeffrey P, Stocks NJ, Daneshkhah A. (2017) Probabilistic sensitivity analysis of optimized preventive maintenance strategies for deteriorating infrastructure assets. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Volume 163, July 2017, pp. 33-45en_UK
dc.identifier.cris16812700
dc.identifier.issn0951-8320
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.02.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11666
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCost-benefit analysisen_UK
dc.subjectDeterioration modelsen_UK
dc.subjectExpected Value of Partial Perfect Informationen_UK
dc.subjectGaussian processen_UK
dc.subjectOptimised maintenanceen_UK
dc.subjectTime input emulatoren_UK
dc.subjectUncertainty quantificationen_UK
dc.titleProbabilistic sensitivity analysis of optimized preventive maintenance strategies for deteriorating infrastructure assetsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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