Computer Science: Latest Advances and New Trends in Maintenance and Performance Measurement

Dear Colleagues,

This issue aims at covering all the aspects related to the use of computer science in the maintenance and performance management of industrial systems. Business value creation requires companies to produce products and services enhancing the operational effectiveness and profitability of production assets. Thus, new production paradigms that benefit computer science advances, mainly in supporting decisions and analyzing process and asset performance, have been developed. Maintenance management is crucial for guaranteeing the operational performance, safety and sustainability of processes. Historical data analysis, typical for reliability and quality engineering and real time monitoring, together with advanced data analytics tools, spanning from artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to big data analytics, can create the base of knowledge necessary for improving decisions at operational, tactical and strategic levels, allowing better maintenance planning and scheduling, the adaptation of maintenance policies (preventive or predictive maintenance), maintenance service optimization, and business continuity.

This Special Issue seeks to share the experience from the different fields of engineering, industry and computer science and data analysis, for collecting and analyzing information on production flow and asset management in order to provide managers with new perspectives and tools useful for optimizing the maintenance planning of systems, to obtain the best operational performance. Moreover, this Special Issue seeks to discuss the state of the art of tools and models in both industrial applications and academia.

TOPICS

• Machine learning
• Internet of Things
• Natural language processing
• Complex system
• Data-driven maintenance
• Predictive maintenance
• Business process management
• Data security
• Innovative computing technologies for reliability
• Statistical process quality
• Decision support systems

 APPLICATION AREAS

• Manufacturing
• Chemical and process industry
• Oil and gas industry
• Energy
• Facility management
• Critical infrastructures
• Cyberphysical systems

Prof. Vincenza Carchiolo
Prof. Michele Malgeri
Prof. Natalia Trapani
Guest Editors

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