[EN] The paper proposes an approach that combines reliability analyses and multi-criteria decision methods to optimize maintenance activities of complex systems. A failure mode, effects, and criticality analysts (FMECA) ...

[EN] Data processing techniques for Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) image mining provide essential information to optimize maintenance management of Water Supply Systems (WSSs). These techniques aim to elaborate on radargrams ...

[EN] This paper intends to contribute with a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework to support risk evaluation for maintenance activities carried out on critical systems in industry. We propose to first select the ...

[EN] Supply chains are complex networks that receive assiduous attention in the literature. Like any complex network, a supply chain is subject to a wide variety of risks that can result in significant economic losses and ...

Recientemente se ha acuñado el término Redes complejas para referirse a una moderna rama de la Física que trata de modelar las interrelaciones entre los elementos de un conjunto finito de objetos con el fin de observar el ...

[EN] Decision-making in the presence of intangible elements must be based on a robust, but subtle, balance between expert know-how and judgment consistency when eliciting that know-how. This balance is frequently achieved ...

[EN] This paper uses a two-fold multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach applied for the first time to the field of microbial management of drinking water distribution systems (DWDS). Specifically, the decision-making ...

La toma de decisiones impregna la actividad humana. Con frecuencia, la decisión no es simple porque involucra elementos cualitativos, subjetivos, intangibles. En diversos métodos de decisión multi-criterio, los elementos ...

[EN] Reliability and availability analyses are recognized as essential for guiding decision makers in the implementation of actions addressed to improve the technical and economical performance of complex systems. For ...