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A novel fault detection and diagnostic Petri net methodology for dynamic systems (2023)
Journal Article
Badmus, T. A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Prescott, D. (in press). A novel fault detection and diagnostic Petri net methodology for dynamic systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006x231212539

Faults can have significant, negative impacts on the operation and performance of simple and complex dynamic systems. Based on the integration of Bayesian network diagnostic features with Petri net formalism, the existing Bayesian-supported Petri net... Read More about A novel fault detection and diagnostic Petri net methodology for dynamic systems.

Intelligent and adaptive asset management model for railway sections using the iPN method (2023)
Journal Article
Saleh, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Prescott, D., & Chiachío, M. (2024). Intelligent and adaptive asset management model for railway sections using the iPN method. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 241, Article 109687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2023.109687

The maintenance strategy in railway transportation is crucial in ensuring safety, availability, and reducing operating costs. However, finding the optimal maintenance plan that takes into account the complex relationships between ra... Read More about Intelligent and adaptive asset management model for railway sections using the iPN method.

Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Egede, J., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2023). Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method. In M. P. Brito, T. Aven, P. Baraldi, M. Čepin, & E. Zio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023) (607-614)

This research is conducted for developing an automated method to recognize variations in the Newborn Life Support (NLS) procedure. Compliance with the NLS standard guideline is essential to prevent any adverse consequences for the newborn. Video reco... Read More about Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method.

An asset management framework for wind turbine blades considering reliability of monitoring system (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wu, W., Prescott, D., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Saleh, A., & Chiachio Ruano, M. (2023, September). An asset management framework for wind turbine blades considering reliability of monitoring system. Presented at 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023), Southampton, UK

In this study, a wind turbine (WT) blade asset management (AM) Petri net (PN) model is presented, which incorporates risk-based maintenance and structural health monitoring (SHM). Firstly, PN modules cover the entirety of the blade AM process, descri... Read More about An asset management framework for wind turbine blades considering reliability of monitoring system.

Perception on landslide risk in Malaysia: A comparison between communities and experts' surveys (2023)
Journal Article
Sim, K. B., Lee, M. L., RemenytePrescott, R., & Wong, S. Y. (2023). Perception on landslide risk in Malaysia: A comparison between communities and experts' surveys. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 95, Article 103854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103854

Surveys and interviews were conducted in the present study among the public and landslide experts from various sectors in Malaysia to study their perception towards landslide risk in the country. Utilizing a questionnaire survey and interviews can pr... Read More about Perception on landslide risk in Malaysia: A comparison between communities and experts' surveys.

Improving the Modelling Capability of an Integrated Fault Detection and Diagnostic Petri Net Methodology for Dynamic Systems (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Badmus, T. A., Prescott, D., & Remenyte-Prescott, R. (2023). Improving the Modelling Capability of an Integrated Fault Detection and Diagnostic Petri Net Methodology for Dynamic Systems.

The existing Generalised Stochastic Petri Net and modified Bayesian Stochastic Petri Net (GSPN-mBSPN) methodology has demonstrated improved modelling capabilities for fault diagnosis in dynamic systems with feedback control loops. However, the GSPN-m... Read More about Improving the Modelling Capability of an Integrated Fault Detection and Diagnostic Petri Net Methodology for Dynamic Systems.

A GIS based approach for predicting pavement deterioration on the UK road network (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Corker, J., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Eskandari Torbaghan, M., & Ninic, J. (2023). A GIS based approach for predicting pavement deterioration on the UK road network.

The U.K. Road network is a complex and dynamic system, managed by a federated network of organizations, often with stringent constraints on resourcing. Remediating deterioration of the network is both costly and politically sensitive; resilience, sus... Read More about A GIS based approach for predicting pavement deterioration on the UK road network.

A general approach for evaluating SHM system reliability with sensor failures (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Wu, W., Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Remenyte-Prescot, R., Prescott, D., Saleh, A., Chiachio Ruano, M., & Chronopoulos, D. (2023). A general approach for evaluating SHM system reliability with sensor failures.

Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems involve implementing damage identification strategies to determine health states of structures. However, it is important to pay close attention to the degradation of the SHM itself, especially the effect of... Read More about A general approach for evaluating SHM system reliability with sensor failures.

A modelling approach to studying variations in newborn life support procedure (2023)
Journal Article
Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2023). A modelling approach to studying variations in newborn life support procedure. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X231173595

Variations in clinical practice are common. However, some variations may cause undesired consequences. Careful consideration of their causes and effects is necessary to assure the quality of healthcare delivery. A modelling approach that could captur... Read More about A modelling approach to studying variations in newborn life support procedure.

Damage Quantification and Identification in Structural Joints through Ultrasonic Guided Wave-Based Features and an Inverse Bayesian Scheme (2023)
Journal Article
Wu, W., Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Yan, W. J., Chiachio Ruano, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Chronopoulos, D. (2023). Damage Quantification and Identification in Structural Joints through Ultrasonic Guided Wave-Based Features and an Inverse Bayesian Scheme. Sensors, 23(8), Article 4160. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23084160

In this paper, defect detection and identification in aluminium joints is investigated based on guided wave monitoring. Guided wave testing is first performed on the selected damage feature from experiments, namely, the scattering coefficient, to pro... Read More about Damage Quantification and Identification in Structural Joints through Ultrasonic Guided Wave-Based Features and an Inverse Bayesian Scheme.

Ant colony optimisation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using Coloured Petri-Net simulation and UK pharmacy in-field data (2022)
Journal Article
Naybour, M. T., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2024). Ant colony optimisation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using Coloured Petri-Net simulation and UK pharmacy in-field data. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 238(1), 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X221135459

There are 11,619 community pharmacies in England which dispense over 1 billion prescriptions each year, providing essential primary care to NHS (National Health Service) patients. These pharmacies are facing pressure from a number of sources includin... Read More about Ant colony optimisation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using Coloured Petri-Net simulation and UK pharmacy in-field data.

Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Leva, M. C., Patelli, E., Podofillini, L., Wilson, S., Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., …Sharkey, D. (2022). Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets. In M. Chiara Leva, E. Patelli, L. Podofillini, & S. Wilson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022) (489-496). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R12-08-152-cd

This research is conducted to study variations in the Newborn Life Support procedure. This procedure follows an evidence-based protocol to resuscitate and stabilize newborn babies requiring assistance at birth. Errors and ineffective actions in this... Read More about Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets.

Asset management modelling approach integrating structural health monitoring data for composite components of wind turbine blades (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Wu, W., Saleh, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Prescott, D., Ruano, M. C., & Chronopoulos, D. (2022). Asset management modelling approach integrating structural health monitoring data for composite components of wind turbine blades. In Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022) (1385-1392). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R22-24-242-cd

Optimal asset management strategies for wind turbine blades help to reduce their operation and maintenance costs, and ensure their reliability and safety. Structural health monitoring (SHM) can determine the health state of wind turbine blades throug... Read More about Asset management modelling approach integrating structural health monitoring data for composite components of wind turbine blades.

Advances in Modelling to Improve Network Resilience: Proceedings of the 60th ESReDA Seminar (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Remenyte-Prescott, R., Sanderson, K., Kopustinskas, V., & Simola, K. (2022). Advances in Modelling to Improve Network Resilience: Proceedings of the 60th ESReDA Seminar. . https://doi.org/10.2760/503700

These proceedings are the outcome of the 60th ESReDA seminar “Advances in Modelling to Improve Network Resilience” that took place at the Université Grenoble Alpes in France, on 4-5 May in 2022. A broad spectrum of resilience topics were covered, wit... Read More about Advances in Modelling to Improve Network Resilience: Proceedings of the 60th ESReDA Seminar.

An automatic bridge damage diagnostics method using empirical mode decomposition based health indicators and neuro-fuzzy classification (2022)
Journal Article
Vagnoli, M., & Remenyte-Prescott, R. (2022). An automatic bridge damage diagnostics method using empirical mode decomposition based health indicators and neuro-fuzzy classification. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 29(10), Article e3027. https://doi.org/10.1002/stc.3027

Large amounts of data are generated by structural health monitoring systems continuously. Data-driven methods can transform the available data into valuable information for decision makers. However, these methods for structural health monitoring of b... Read More about An automatic bridge damage diagnostics method using empirical mode decomposition based health indicators and neuro-fuzzy classification.

Guided waves-based damage identification in plates through an inverse Bayesian process (2022)
Journal Article
Wu, W., Malik, M. K., Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Lawrie, T., Yan, W. J., Tanner, G., …Chronopoulos, D. (2022). Guided waves-based damage identification in plates through an inverse Bayesian process. Ultrasonics, 125, Article 106773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2022.106773

The use of guided waves to identify damage has become a popular method due to its robustness and fast execution, as well as the advantage of being able to inspect large areas and detect minor structural defects. When a travelling wave on a plate inte... Read More about Guided waves-based damage identification in plates through an inverse Bayesian process.

Updating conditional probabilities of Bayesian belief networks by merging expert knowledge and system monitoring data (2022)
Journal Article
Vagnoli, M., & Remenyte-Prescott, R. (2022). Updating conditional probabilities of Bayesian belief networks by merging expert knowledge and system monitoring data. Automation in Construction, 140, Article 104366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104366

Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) methods can be adopted for reliability analysis and real-time monitoring of critical infrastructure. Conditional Probability Tables (CPTs) are used to describe the dependencies between nodes in the BBN. The CPTs are usua... Read More about Updating conditional probabilities of Bayesian belief networks by merging expert knowledge and system monitoring data.

A Bayesian Belief Network method for bridge deterioration detection (2020)
Journal Article
Vagnoli, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2021). A Bayesian Belief Network method for bridge deterioration detection. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 235(3), 338-355. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X20979225

Bridges are one of the most important assets of transportation networks. A closure of a bridge can increase the vulnerability of the geographic area served by such networks, as it reduces the number of available routes. Condition monitoring and deter... Read More about A Bayesian Belief Network method for bridge deterioration detection.

Modelling Reliability and Efficiency of English Community Pharmacy Processes (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2020). Modelling Reliability and Efficiency of English Community Pharmacy Processes. In Proceedings: 2020 Annual Symposium on Reliability and Maintainability (RAMS) (1-7). https://doi.org/10.1109/RAMS48030.2020.9153661

© 2020 IEEE. The research reported in this paper describes a Coloured Petri Net (CPN) method for modelling and analysing reliability and efficiency of the dispensing process in English community pharmacies. The results of CPN simulations are used wit... Read More about Modelling Reliability and Efficiency of English Community Pharmacy Processes.

Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on infield observations (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2019). Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on infield observations. In Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL) (4249-4256). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_0465-cd

he community pharmacy dispensing process is an integral part of delivering effective primary care to patients around the world. However, dispensing error rates and related patient safety issues are always a concern in the sector, where studies have f... Read More about Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on infield observations.