Dynamic optimisation of preventative and corrective maintenance schedules for a large scale urban drainage system

Chen, Yujie; Cowling, Peter; Polack, Fiona; Remde, Stephen; Mourdjis, Philip

Abstract

Gully pots or storm drains are located at the side of roads to provide drainage for surface water. We consider gully pot maintenance as a risk-driven maintenance problem. We explore policies for preventative and corrective maintenance actions, and build optimised routes for maintenance vehicles. Our solutions take the risk impact of gully pot failure and its failure behaviour into account, in the presence of factors such as location, season and current status. The aim is to determine a maintenance policy that can automatically adjust its scheduling strategy in line with changes in the local environment, to minimise the surface flooding risk due to clogged gully pots. We introduce a rolling planning strategy, solved by a hyper-heuristic method. Results show the behaviour and strength of the automated adjustment in a range of real-world scenarios.

Citation

Chen, Y., Cowling, P., Polack, F., Remde, S., & Mourdjis, P. (2017). Dynamic optimisation of preventative and corrective maintenance schedules for a large scale urban drainage system. European journal of operational research, 257(2), 494-510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.07.027

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 13, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Jul 21, 2016
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 17, 2023
• Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
• Print ISSN: 0377-2217
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 257
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 494-510
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.07.027
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4241613