Implementation of Fuzzy Model for Maintenance Scheduling of Vehicles Based on Monte Carlo Simulation and Geographical Information System

ABSTRACT

Maintenance scheduling (MS) of vehicles is related to uncertainties due to different aspects such as vehicle movement over different terrains, varying loads, fuel efficiency, etc. The fuzzy approach efficiently takes into account such uncertainties to arrive at a reasonable decision. The MS of vehicles is one of such domain of engineering applications. It is dependent on parameters having uncertainties like past running hours, operating condition of the vehicle, fuel consumption rate. The vehicle maintenance scheduling (VMS) is used to assess the condition of vehicle from preventive maintenance prospective of the vehicle so as to enhance the ability of proactive failure situation identification. The stochastic nature of MS has been taken into account by using Monte Carlo simulation, etc. The case example corroborates the efficiency of the proposed fuzzy approach for dealings with VMS for pragmatic applications taking uncertainties into account.

KEYWORDS:

• Defuzzifier
• Fuzzy logic
• Maintenance scheduling
• Membership function
• Rule base

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

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Notes on contributors

Sushma Kamlu

Sushma Kamlu was born in India, in 1982. She has received BE (Electrical) from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, India and ME (Electrical) from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, India and pursuing her PhD in BIT Mesra, India.She is presently assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in BIT, Mesra, Ranchi and has nine years of teaching experience. Her research area is control system and soft computing applications.

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V. Laxmi

V. Laxmi was born in India in 1979. She received her BE, ME (Electrical) and PhD degree from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, India in 2000, 2002 and 2010, respectively.Her research areas are image processing and soft computing applications. She is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in BIT, Mesra, Ranchi. She has a total experience of 14 years in teaching and research. Dr Laxmi is member of IEEE and life member IE (I) and ISTE.

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