Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 15 Issue 4

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Table of contents - Special Issue: International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM '07), Beijing, China

Guest Editors: Philippe Castagliola, AbdelHakim Artiba

Feasibility study of using statistical process control to optimize quality assurance in radiotherapy

Karine Gerard, Jean‐Pierre Grandhaye, Vincent Marchesi, Pierre Aletti, François Husson, Alain Noel, Hanna Kafrouni

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and improve the quality and the reliability of pre‐treatment quality controls of an efficient technique of radiotherapy called IMRT…

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A new CUSUM‐S2 control chart for monitoring the process variance

P. Castagliola, G. Celano, S. Fichera

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and investigate the performances of a new CUSUM‐S2 control chart designed to monitor the sample variance of samples from a normally…

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Monitoring capability indices using run rules

P. Castagliola, P. Maravelakis, S. Psarakis, K. Vännman

The purpose of this paper is propose a methodology for monitoring industrial processes that cannot be stabilized, but are nevertheless capable.

Efficient computer‐generated alternatives to Taguchi's crossed arrays for robust parameter design

Humberto Hijar‐Rivera, Victor Garcia‐Castellanos

The purpose of this paper is to present computer‐generated combined arrays as efficient alternatives to Taguchi's crossed arrays to solve robust parameter problems.

Production control of hybrid repair and remanufacturing systems under general conditions

Robert Pellerin, Ali Gharbi

It is assumed that the production system responds to planned demand at the end of the expected life of each individual piece of equipment and unplanned demand triggered by…

Multiobjective optimization in an unreliable failure‐prone manufacturing system

Jean‐François Boulet, Ali Gharbi, Jean‐Pierre Kenné

The purpose of this article is to consider a corrective and preventive maintenance model with a view to both minimizing cost and maximizing system availability.

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Optimization of imperfect maintenance based on fuzzy logic for a single‐stage single‐product production system

Sophie Hennequin, Gabriel Arango, Nidhal Rezg

This paper aims to propose an approach for the optimization of imperfect preventive maintenance and corrective actions performed on a single machine. After maintenance, the…

Building flight planning for an airline company under maintenance constraints

H. Murat Afsar, Marie‐Laure Espinouse, Bernard Penz

The purpose of this paper is to provide some heuristic and meta heuristic tools to aid airline companies in flight planning while taking into account maintenance planning. The…

Cover of Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

ISSN:

1355-2511

Online date, start – end:

1995

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Salih O'Duffua