A condition-based maintenance for complex systems consisting of two different types of components

A complex system consisting of monitored and non-monitored components is analyzed. Monitored components are subject to a degradation gamma process. Non-monitored components are subject to external failures. A Condition-Based Maintenance and an inspection policy are applied to reduce the impact of the failures in the monitored components. When a failure occurs, maintenance team performs a corrective replacement after a certain delay time. An opportunistic maintenance strategy is also implemented, meaning that a maintenance intervention can be used as an opportunity for preventive maintenance of monitored components. Each maintenance task implies a certain cost and each monitored component is assumed to provide a reward. The expected cost of the whole system is minimized through the optimization of the preventive thresholds and the time between inspections. Numerical examples are obtained from applying a blend of Genetic Algorithm and Monte-Carlo simulation.