Springer Technical Asset Management for Railway Transport: Using the URRAN Approach: 322 (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 322)

Product Description This book introduces readers to the key provisions of the URRAN-based technical asset management system - a methodology for managing resources and risks by analyzing and ensuring the required levels of reliability and safety in Russia’s railway transport facilities. It describes the architecture of the URRAN information system’s unified corporate platform (UCP URRAN) and its subsystems for infrastructure facilities and rolling stock complexes. It also highlights the UCP URRAN’s prospects for development, especially in the application of artificial intelligence to predict dangerous events in railway transport operation. The book is chiefly intended for specialists engaged in practical work on the technical maintenance of railway transport facilities. It can also be used as a reference guide for students and researchers at railway universities or professionals who are dealing with problems in technical asset management in other industries. From the Back Cover This book introduces readers to the key provisions of the URRAN-based technical asset management system - a methodology for managing resources and risks by analyzing and ensuring the required levels of reliability and safety in Russia’s railway transport facilities. It describes the architecture of the URRAN information system’s unified corporate platform (UCP URRAN) and its subsystems for infrastructure facilities and rolling stock complexes. It also highlights the UCP URRAN’s prospects for development, especially in the application of artificial intelligence to predict dangerous events in railway transport operation. The book is chiefly intended for specialists engaged in practical work on the technical maintenance of railway transport facilities. It can also be used as a reference guide for students and researchers at railway universities or professionals who are dealing with problems in technical asset management in other industries. About the Author  Dr. Igor Borisovich Shubinsky is a Professor and Division Manager at the joint stock company “Design & Research Institute for Information Technology, Signalling and Telecommunications on Railway Transport” (JSC NIIAS), Russia. He is an expert on the Scientific Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Dependability". Dr. Alexei Mikhailovitch Zamyshlyaev was Deputy Director General of the joint stock company “Design & Research Institute for Information Technology, Signalling and Telecommunications on Railway Transport” (JSC NIIAS), Russia.