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Ranking the critical sections of railway networks (2020)
Journal Article
Meesit, R., & Andrews, J. (2021). Ranking the critical sections of railway networks. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 235(3), 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409720925689

Railway systems are now facing an increasing number of threats such as aging infrastructures and climate changes. The identification of critical network sections provides infrastructure managers with the ability to understand the impact of a disrupti... Read More about Ranking the critical sections of railway networks.

Multi-defect modelling of bridge deterioration using truncated inspection records (2020)
Journal Article
Calvert, G., Neves, L., Andrews, J., & Hamer, M. (2020). Multi-defect modelling of bridge deterioration using truncated inspection records. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 200, Article 106962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2020.106962

Bridge Management Systems (BMS) are decision support tools that have gained widespread use across the transportation infrastructure management industry. The Whole Life Cycle Cost (WLCC) modelling in a BMS is typically composed of two main components:... Read More about Multi-defect modelling of bridge deterioration using truncated inspection records.

Optimising Rail Replacement Bus Services During Infrastructure Possessions (2019)
Journal Article
Meesit, R., & Andrews, J. (2019). Optimising Rail Replacement Bus Services During Infrastructure Possessions. Infrastructure Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.18.00042

Providing rail-replacement bus services is a common strategy applied to handle track blockage situations in railway networks. Previously, a great deal of research has focused on modelling this strategy, particularly in the case of unplanned disruptio... Read More about Optimising Rail Replacement Bus Services During Infrastructure Possessions.

Sensor selection for fault diagnostics using performance metric (2018)
Journal Article
Andrews, J., Reeves, J., Reeves, J., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2018). Sensor selection for fault diagnostics using performance metric. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 233(4), 537-552. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X18804690

As technology advances, modern systems are becoming increasingly complex, consisting of large numbers of components, and therefore large numbers of potential component failures. These component failures can result in reduced system performance, or ev... Read More about Sensor selection for fault diagnostics using performance metric.

A sensor selection method using a performance metric for phased missions of aircraft fuel systems (2018)
Journal Article
Reeves, J., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Andrews, J., & Thorley, P. (2018). A sensor selection method using a performance metric for phased missions of aircraft fuel systems. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2018.07.029

Component failures in complex systems, such as aircraft fuel systems, can have catastrophic effects on system performance. There are a large number of components in these systems, each with a number of different failure modes, some of which can cause... Read More about A sensor selection method using a performance metric for phased missions of aircraft fuel systems.

A Petri Net-based life cycle cost analysis approach (2018)
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Kilsby, P., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2019). A Petri Net-based life cycle cost analysis approach. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 233(1), 90-102. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409718780106

Railway infrastructure providers, such as Network Rail, who owns and manages the British railway infrastructure, can improve the performance and reduce the life cycle cost of their assets through delivering effective asset management. Having the capa... Read More about A Petri Net-based life cycle cost analysis approach.

Delayed maintenance modelling considering speed restriction for a railway section (2017)
Journal Article
Shang, H., Berenguer, C., & Andrews, J. (in press). Delayed maintenance modelling considering speed restriction for a railway section. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 231(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X17709200

The deterioration of track geometry depends on several factors of which the speed of the train is one. Imposing a speed restriction can slow down the track deterioration and allows a longer survival time before a serious condition is achieved. Preven... Read More about Delayed maintenance modelling considering speed restriction for a railway section.

A new algorithm for prognostics using subset simulation (2017)
Journal Article
Chiachío, M., Chiachío, J., Sankararaman, S., Goebel, K., & Andrews, J. (2017). A new algorithm for prognostics using subset simulation. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 168, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.05.042

This work presents an efficient computational framework for prognostics by combining the particle filter-based prognostics principles with the technique of Subset Simulation, first developed in S.K. Au and J.L. Beck [Probabilistic Engrg. Mech., 16 (2... Read More about A new algorithm for prognostics using subset simulation.

A modelling approach for railway overhead line equipment asset management (2017)
Journal Article
Kilsby, P., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2017). A modelling approach for railway overhead line equipment asset management. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 168, 326-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.02.012

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) is a critical sub-system of the 25 kV AC overhead railway electrification system. If OLE asset management strategies can be evaluated using a whole lifecycle cost analysis that considers degradati... Read More about A modelling approach for railway overhead line equipment asset management.

System design and maintenance modelling for safety in extended life operation (2017)
Journal Article
Andrews, J., & Fecarotti, C. (in press). System design and maintenance modelling for safety in extended life operation. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 163, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.01.024

It is frequently the most cost effective option to operate systems and infrastructure over an extended life period rather than enter a new build programme. The condition and performance of existing systems operated beyond their originally intended de... Read More about System design and maintenance modelling for safety in extended life operation.

A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems (2016)
Journal Article
Fecarotti, C., Andrews, J., & Chen, R. (2016). A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(28), 12242-12260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.138

© 2016 The Authors Fuel cells are promising technologies for zero-emission energy conversion and power generation. However, durability and reliability are among the main barriers to their commercialisation. Clearly the system performance depends on t... Read More about A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems.

Road maintenance planning using network flow modelling (2015)
Journal Article
Yang, C., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (in press). Road maintenance planning using network flow modelling. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpv031

This paper presents a road maintenance planning model that can be used to balance out maintenance cost and road user cost, since performing road maintenance at night can be convenient for road users but costly for highway agency. Based on the platfor... Read More about Road maintenance planning using network flow modelling.

Application of network traffic flow model to road maintenance (2015)
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Yang, C., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2015). Application of network traffic flow model to road maintenance. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 168(3), https://doi.org/10.1680/tran.13.00067

The study shows how the evolution of two-way traffic flows on a local highway network can be predicted over time using a network-level traffic flow model (NTFM) to model both urban and motorway road networks. After a brief review of the main principl... Read More about Application of network traffic flow model to road maintenance.

A stochastic model for railway track asset management (2014)
Journal Article
Andrews, J., Prescott, D., & De Rozières, F. (2014). A stochastic model for railway track asset management. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 130, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2014.04.021

The determination of the strategy to ensure that the geometry for railway track is kept within acceptable limits, in a cost effective manner, is a complex process. It requires the simultaneous consideration of the activities which govern inspection,... Read More about A stochastic model for railway track asset management.

A Petri net approach to fault verification in phased mission systems using the standard deviation technique (2014)
Journal Article
Lloyd, M. D., Andrews, J., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Pearson, J. T., & Hubbard, P. (2014). A Petri net approach to fault verification in phased mission systems using the standard deviation technique. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 30(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/qre.1478

Health management systems are now standard aspects of complex systems. They monitor the behaviour of components and sub-systems and in the event of unexpected system behaviour diagnose faults that have occurred. Although this process should reduce... Read More about A Petri net approach to fault verification in phased mission systems using the standard deviation technique.

A network traffic flow model for motorway and urban highways (2013)
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Yang, C., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2014). A network traffic flow model for motorway and urban highways. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 65(8), https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2013.86

The research reported in this paper develops a network level traffic flow model (NTFM) which is applicable for both motorway and urban roads. It forecasts the traffic flow rates, queue propagation at the junctions and travel delays through the networ... Read More about A network traffic flow model for motorway and urban highways.

Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring (2011)
Journal Article
Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2011). Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring. International Journal of Performability Engineering, 7(11),

Fault diagnostics systems are incorporated to determine the health of the system they monitor. There are however times when the diagnostics system reports faults which do not exist. This situation commonly arises at system start-up when high vibrat... Read More about Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring.

An efficient phased mission reliability analysis for autonomous vehicles (2010)
Journal Article
Remenyte-Prescott, R., Andrews, J., & Chung, P. (2010). An efficient phased mission reliability analysis for autonomous vehicles. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 95(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2009.10.002

Autonomous systems are becoming more commonly used, especially in hazardous situations. Such systems are expected to make their own decisions about future actions when some capabilities degrade due to failures of their subsystems. Such decisions are... Read More about An efficient phased mission reliability analysis for autonomous vehicles.

An efficient real-time method of analysis for non-coherent fault trees (2009)
Journal Article
Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2009). An efficient real-time method of analysis for non-coherent fault trees. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 25(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/qre.955

Fault tree analysis is commonly used to assess the reliability of potentially hazardous industrial systems. The type of logic is usually restricted to AND and OR gates which makes the fault tree structure coherent. In non-coherent structures not only... Read More about An efficient real-time method of analysis for non-coherent fault trees.