Center for Reliability and Risk Management

Our Publications

2010

Lisnianski, A, Frenkel, I & Ding, Y (2010), Multi-state System Reliability Analysis and Optimization for Engineers and Industrial Managers. Springer, London.

Frenkel, I, Khvatskin, L & Lisnianski, A, (2010), Management Decision Making based on Markov Reward Models for Refrigeration System, SSARS2010, Journal of Polish Safety and Reliability Association, Vol. 1, 89-98

Frenkel, I & Khvatskin, L (2010), Reliability Measures Calculation of Supermarket Refrigeration System, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Stochastic Models in Reliability Engineering, Life Science and Operations Management, 8-11 February, Beer Sheva, Israel, pp 1-12.

Frenkel, I, Khvatskin, L & Lisniansky, A, (2010), Markov reward model for performance deficiency calculation of refrigeration system, in Reliability, Risk and Safety: Theory and Applicationa, Eds. Bris, R, Soares, CG & Martorell, S, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group: London, pp. 1591-1596. 

2009

Frenkel, I, Lisnianski, A, & Khvatskin, L (2009), Corrective maintenance and reliability associated cost estimation of aging multi-state systems, Computer Modelling and New Technologies, vol. 13, no. 1, pp 32 - 38 .

Ding, Y, Lisnianski, A, Frenkel, I & Khvatskin, L (2009), Optimal corrective maintenance contract planning for aging multi-state system, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, vol. 25, no. 5, pp 612 - 631 .

Ding, Y, Lisnianski, A, Wang P, Goel L, & Chiang L-P (2009), Dynamic reliability assessment for bilateral contact electricity providers in restructured power systems, Electric Power Systems Research, 78, pp 1424 - 1430 .

Lisnianski, A & Frenkel, I (2009), 'Non-homogeneous Markov reward model for aging multi-state system under minimal repair', International Journal of Performability Engineering, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 303-312 .

Lisnianski, A & Ding, Y (2009), 'Redundancy analysis for repairable multi-state system by using combined stochastic methods and universal generating function technique', Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 94, pp. 1788-1795 .

Khvatskin, L & Frenkel, I (2009), Multi-state Markov reward models for reliability measures calculation of refrigeration system, in Proceedings of the 6-th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR2009), Eds: Kuznetsov, N & Rykov, V, Moscow, Russia, pp. 145-149.

2008

Lisnianski, A, Frenkel, I, Khvatskin, L & Ding, Y (2008), Maintenance contract assessment for aging system, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 519-531.

Lisnianski A, (2008), Point Estimation of the Transition Intensities for a Markov Multi-state System via Output Performance Observation, in Advances in Mathematical Modeling for Reliability. T. Bedford et al. (Eds), IOS Press, pp. 227-234.

Frenkel, I, Khvatskin, L & Lisnianski, A (2008), Corrective maintenance for air-conditioning systems, in Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications, Eds. Martorell, S, Soares, CG & Barnett, J, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: London, pp. 483-488 .

Ding, Y, Zuo M, Lisnianski A, & Tian Z (2008), Fuzzy Multi-state Systems: General Definitions and Performance Assessment, IEEE Transactions on reliability, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 589-594.

Ding, Y, & Lisnianski A (2008), Fuzzy Universal Generating Functions for Multi-state System Reliability Assessment, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 159, no. 3, pp. 307-324.

Lisnianski, A, Frenkel, I & Khvatskin, L (2008), Non-homogeneous Markov reword model for aging multi-states systems under corrective maintenance, in Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications, Eds. Martorell, S, Soares, CG & Barnett, J, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: London, pp. 551-558

Frenkel, I, Lisniansky, A & Khvatskin, L (2008), Mathematical models for corrective maintenance of aging multi-state systems, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Science, Eds. Sivasundaram, S & Sanguineti, M, Genoa, Italy, vol. 32, pp. 1-12.

2007

A. Lisnianski, I. Frenkel, L. Khvatskin, Yi Ding. (2007). Multi-state System Reliability Assessment by Using the Markov Reward Model, in: Statistical Models and Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems, Eds. F. Vonta, M. Nikulin, N. Limnios, C. Huber-Carol, Birkhaüser: Boston, 2007, 153-168.

Lisnianski, A, Ding, Y, Frenkel, I & Khvatskin, L (2007), Maintenance optimization for multi-state aging systems, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Eds. Bedford, T, Walls, L, Quigley, J, Alkali, B, Daneshkman, A & Hardman, G, Glasgow, Scotland, no. 4, pp. 1-12.

Lisnianski, A (2007), Extended block diagram method for a multi-state system reliability assessment. Reliability Engineering and System Safety 92, pp. 1601-1607.

Lisnianski, A (2007), The Markov Reward Model for a Multi-state System Reliability Assessment with Variable Demand. Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, 4 (2), pp. 265-278.

2006

Ding, Y, Lisnianski, A & Frenkel, I (2006), Multi-state system reliability assesmant by using state reduction techniques, Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 82-89.

A. Lisnianski , I. Frenkel, L. Khvatskin and Yi Ding (2006). Markov Reward Model for Multi-State System Reliability Assessment, in: Proceedings of the International Conference "Statistical Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems", Ed. F. Fonta, May 2006, Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 373-379.

Yi Ding, A. Lisnianski , I. Frenkel (2006). Fuzzy Bases State Reduction Technique for Multi-State System Reliability Assessment, in: Proceedings of the International Conference "Statistical Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems", Ed. F. Fonta, May 2006, Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 269-274.

 I. Frenkel and L. Khvatskin (2006). Cost-Effective Maintenance with Preventive Replacement of Oldest Components, Maintenance and Reliability, 2(30), 37-39.

Yi Ding, I. Frenkel, L. Khvatskin and A. Lisnianski (2006). Optimal Professionally Oriented Repair Teams for Multi-state System, in: Proceedings of the 14th Conference of Industrial Engineering and Management IE&M 2006, Ed. S. Ladani, ORTRA, Tel Aviv, Israel.

I. Frenkel, L. Khvatskin, A. Lisnianski, and Yi Ding (2006). Markov Models for Computation of Reliability for Complex Systems, Technical Report No. 1, SCE, Beer Sheva, Israel.

2005

I. Frenkel, Ilya Gertsbakh, L. Khvatskin (2005). On the Simulation Approach to Hypotheses Testing for Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process, in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Stochastic Modelling and Inference in Life Sciences, September, 1-4, 2005, Potsdam, Germany, pp. 35-39.

L. Khvatskin, I. Frenkel and A. Lisnianski (2005). Markov Reward Model Application to Decision Making about the Best Configuration of the Refrigeration System, in  Proceedings of the International Conference on Reliability and Statistics in Transport and Communication (RelStat’05), Riga, Latvia, pp. 32.

I. Frenkel, I. Gertsbakh, L. Khvatskin (2005). On the Availability Maximization of Protective Equipment, in Proceedings of The International Symposium on Stochastic Models in Reliability, Safety, Security and Logistics, Beer-Sheva, Israel, pp. 122-125.