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Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on in-field observations (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2019). Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on in-field observations. In M. Beer, & E. Zio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2019) (4249-4257). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_+0465-cd

The 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... Read More about Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on in-field observations.

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.

Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach (2018)
Journal Article
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. J. (2019). Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 182, 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2018.09.022

© 2018 It has been estimated that European customers visit community pharmacies to access essential primary healthcare around 46 million times every day. Studies of dispensing error rates in community pharmacies have reported error rates of between 0... Read More about Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach.

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.

Evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri Net (2018)
Book Chapter
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2018). Evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri Net. In S. Haugen, A. Barros, C. van Gulijk, T. Kongsvik, & J. E. Vinnem (Eds.), Safety and Reliability : Safe Societies in a Changing World : Proceedings of ESREL 2018, June 17-21, 2018, Trondheim, Norway (2059-2066). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351174664-259

UK customers visited community pharmacies to receive NHS prescriptions 1.104 billion times in 2016. One study of dispensing errors found an error rate of 3.3%. Severe dispensing inaccuracies often receive a high level of media attention, however, low... Read More about Evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri Net.

Reliability modelling of dispensing processes in community pharmacy (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2018). Reliability modelling of dispensing processes in community pharmacy. In Proceedings of the 10th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability. https://doi.org/10.19124/ima.2018.001.18

Studies of error rates in community pharmacies have reported error rates of between 0.014% and 3.3% per item dispensed. This suggests up to 36 million items per year may contain errors in England. In addition, literature shows that patient satisfacti... Read More about Reliability modelling of dispensing processes in community pharmacy.

Two probabilistic life-cycle maintenance models for the deteriorating pavement (2018)
Journal Article
Cheng, Z., & Remenyte-Prescott, R. (2018). Two probabilistic life-cycle maintenance models for the deteriorating pavement. Eksploatacja i Niezawodnosc, 20(3), 394-404. https://doi.org/10.17531/ein.2018.3.7

© 2018, Polish Academy of Sciences Branch Lublin. All rights reserved. Pavement maintenance management poses a significant challenge for highway agencies in terms of pavement deterioration over time and limited financial resources to keep the road co... Read More about Two probabilistic life-cycle maintenance models for the deteriorating pavement.

A Petri Net-based life cycle cost analysis approach (2018)
Journal Article
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.

A sensor selection method for fault diagnostics (2017)
Book Chapter
Reeves, J., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2017). A sensor selection method for fault diagnostics. In Safety and Reliability – Theory and Application: ESREL 2017. CRC Press

In the modern world, systems are becoming increasingly complex, consisting of large numbers of components and their failures. In order to monitor system performance and to detect faults and diagnose failures, sensors can be used. However, using senso... Read More about A sensor selection method for fault diagnostics.

Quantitative risk prognostics framework based on Petri Net and Bow-Tie models (2017)
Journal Article
Vileiniskis, M., & Remenyte-Prescott, R. (2017). Quantitative risk prognostics framework based on Petri Net and Bow-Tie models. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 165, 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.03.026

A simulation framework based on the Petri Net model is proposed in this paper used for performing quantitative risk prognosis through extending the Bow-Tie model. A Petri Net model is built to include features, specific to assets, such as the conditi... Read More about Quantitative risk prognostics framework based on Petri Net and Bow-Tie models.

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.

Bayesian belief networks for fault detection and diagnostics of a three-phase separator (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vileiniskis, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Rama, D., & Andrews, J. D. (2016). Bayesian belief networks for fault detection and diagnostics of a three-phase separator.

A three-phase separator (TPS) is one of the key components of offshore oil processing facili-ties. Oil is separated from gas, water and solid impurities by the TPS before it can be further processed. Fail-ures of the TPS can lead to unplanned shutdow... Read More about Bayesian belief networks for fault detection and diagnostics of a three-phase separator.

Extended Bow-Tie model for asset risk and reliability modeling: application to a passenger lift (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vileiniskis, M., & Remenyte-Prescott, R. (2016). Extended Bow-Tie model for asset risk and reliability modeling: application to a passenger lift.

A risk and reliability modelling framework for railway assets based on the Petri Net and the Bow-Tie models is proposed in this paper. A Petri Net model together with the Monte Carlo simulation is used to replicate the projected operational usage of... Read More about Extended Bow-Tie model for asset risk and reliability modeling: application to a passenger lift.

Fault detection and diagnostics of a three-phase separator (2016)
Journal Article
Vileiniskis, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Rama, D., & Andrews, J. (2016). Fault detection and diagnostics of a three-phase separator. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 41, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2016.03.021

A high demand of oil products on daily basis requires oil processing plants to work with maximum efficiency. Oil, water and gas separation in a three-phase separator is one of the first operations that are performed after crude oil is extracted from... Read More about Fault detection and diagnostics of a three-phase separator.

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)
Journal Article
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.

Pavement maintenance scheduling using genetic algorithms (2015)
Journal Article
Yang, C., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. D. (2015). Pavement maintenance scheduling using genetic algorithms. International Journal of Performability Engineering, 11(2),

This paper presents a new pavement management system (PMS) to achieve the optimal pavement maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) strategy for a highway network using genetic algorithms (GAs). Optimal M&R strategy is a set of pavement activities that b... Read More about Pavement maintenance scheduling using genetic algorithms.

A fault detection method for railway point systems (2015)
Journal Article
Vileiniskis, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Rama, D. (2016). A fault detection method for railway point systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 230(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409714567487

Failures of railway point systems (RPSs) often lead to service delays or hazardous situations. A condition monitoring system can be used by railway infrastructure operators to detect the early signs of the deteriorated condition of RPSs and thereby p... Read More about A fault detection method for railway point systems.

Road network modelling for maintenance planning (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, C., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Andrews, J. (2014). Road network modelling for maintenance planning.

In this paper a novel road network flow model is presented, suitable for modelling both motor-way and urban roads. A road network is modelled using a directed graph, consisting of typical roads and junctions, with different traffic flow inputs throug... Read More about Road network modelling for maintenance planning.

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.