Objectives/Scope: With the rise of big data analytics in petroleum engineering, a plethora of data collectors, sensors, transmission devices, and software tools is entering our lives at the personal and professional levels. Data is extracted,…
Downhole tools are complex electro-mechanical systems that perform critical functions in drilling operations. The electronics within these systems provide vital support, such as control, navigation and front-end data analysis from sensors. Due to the…
The Markov decision process (MDP) is a widely used method to optimise the maintenance of multicomponent systems, which can provide a system-level maintenance action at each decision point to address various dependences among components. However, MDP…