Conjoint Modelling with Extended Coloured Stochastic Petri Net and Reliability Block Diagram for System Analysis

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate the modelling power of a conjoint modelling approach, which incorporates a new developed extended coloured stochastic Petri net (ECSPN) and a reliability block diagram. The approach combines the advantages of both modelling regimes in order to keep the system model traceable. It provides a comprehensive modelling methodology to describe the logical, chronological, and dependency aspects of the system reliability, maintenance, and logistics. The ECSPN provides powerful extensions to incorporate the component age as well as queuing aspects into the system model.