1. Systems Engineering: Availability and Reliability.
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Antosz, Katarzyna, Antonelli, Dario, Antosz, Katarzyna, Machado, Jose, Mazurkiewicz, Dariusz, and Soares, Filomena
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History of engineering & technology ,Technology: general issues ,Copula function ,DSM ,Handy bauxite carrier ,Industry 4.0 ,Internet of Things ,Naive Bayes ,Quality check ,Young's modulus ,air compression system ,ant colony optimisation ,apparent compression modulus ,artificial intelligence ,availability ,bike frame ,bonded condition ,collaborative robots ,common beta hypothesis (CBH) test ,compression ,cork-rubber composites ,cost ,coupling correlation ,decision trees ,fault propagation behaviour ,fault propagation intensity ,flow shop ,gear oil ,graphical user interface ,hidden Markov model ,human robot collaboration ,importance measure ,inventory systems ,job shop ,level of heterogeneity ,lubricity ,machine learning ,machining centre ,maintenance ,mathematical model ,mean time between failure (MTBF) ,medical parallel robot ,meta-analysis ,moth flame optimization algorithm ,multi-dimensional theory ,n/a ,network-based distributed manufacturing systems ,nitrogen generation system ,on-line monitoring ,operational reliability ,performance evaluation ,petroleum equipment ,precision steel tape ,predictive maintenance ,predictive scheduling ,preventive maintenance ,process safety ,random forest ,reliability ,risk assessment ,risk management ,risk performance reasoning ,robotic assisted cancer treatment ,roller-tape contact pair ,roller-tape interactions ,safety ,safety assurance ,sensitivity analysis ,supplier classification ,support vector machines ,tape transportation ,text mining ,time between failure (TBF) ,truck unloading system ,utility module ,wear - Abstract
Summary: Current trends in Industry 4.0 are largely related to issues of reliability and availability. As a result of these trends and the complexity of engineering systems, research and development in this area needs to focus on new solutions in the integration of intelligent machines or systems, with an emphasis on changes in production processes aimed at increasing production efficiency or equipment reliability. The emergence of innovative technologies and new business models based on innovation, cooperation networks, and the enhancement of endogenous resources is assumed to be a strong contribution to the development of competitive economies all around the world. Innovation and engineering, focused on sustainability, reliability, and availability of resources, have a key role in this context. The scope of this Special Issue is closely associated to that of the ICIE'2020 conference. This conference and journal's Special Issue is to present current innovations and engineering achievements of top world scientists and industrial practitioners in the thematic areas related to reliability and risk assessment, innovations in maintenance strategies, production process scheduling, management and maintenance or systems analysis, simulation, design and modelling.