An application of artificial neural network to maintenance management
Subject Areas : Mathematical Optimization
V. O. Oladokun
1
(Lecturer, Dep. of Industrial and Production Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria)
O. E. Charles-Owaba
2
(Associate Professor, Dep. of Industrial and Production Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria)
C. S. Nwaouzru
3
(Dep. of Industrial and Production Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria)
Keywords: Artificial Neural Network, Maintenance management, Downtime, Multi-Layer Perceptron,
Abstract :
This study shows the usefulness of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) in maintenance planning and man-agement. An ANN model based on the multi-layer perceptron having three hidden layers and four processing elements per layer was built to predict the expected downtime resulting from a breakdown or a maintenance activity. The model achieved an accuracy of over 70% in predicting the expected downtime.