Date Available
10-19-2019
Year of Publication
2018
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Mechanical Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Fazleena Badurdeen
Abstract
Companies, across the globe are concerned with risks that impair their ability to produce quality products at a low cost and deliver them to customers on time. Risk assessment, comprising of both external and internal elements, prepares companies to identify and manage the risks affecting them. Although both external/supply chain and internal/production line risk assessments are necessary, internal risk assessment is often ignored. Internal risk assessment helps companies recognize vulnerable sections of production operations and provide opportunities for risk mitigation.
In this research, a novel production line risk assessment methodology is proposed. Traditional simulation techniques fail to capture the complex relationship amongst risk events and the dynamic interaction between risks affecting a production line. Bayesian- integrated System Dynamics modelling can help resolve this limitation. Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) effectively capture risk relationships and their likelihoods. Integrating BBN with System Dynamics (SD) for modelling production lines help capture the impact of risk events on a production line as well as the dynamic interaction between those risks and production line variables. The proposed methodology is applied to an industrial case study for validation and to discern research and practical implications.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2018.386
Recommended Citation
Punyamurthula, Sudhir, "BAYESIAN-INTEGRATED SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING FOR PRODUCTION LINE RISK ASSESSMENT" (2018). Theses and Dissertations--Mechanical Engineering. 124.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_etds/124
