{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7129913330","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y","title":"Stochastic Maintenance for a Large Fleet of Structures","display_name":"Stochastic Maintenance for a Large Fleet of Structures","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-02-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7129913330","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2502731256","display_name":"Dynamic Games and Applications","issn_l":"2153-0785","issn":["2153-0785","2153-0793"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320186","host_organization_name":"Birkh\u00e4user","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320186","https://openalex.org/P4310319900"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Birkh\u00e4user","Springer Science+Business Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Dynamic Games and Applications","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5118741007","display_name":"Alain Bensoussan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162577319","display_name":"The University of Texas at Dallas","ror":"https://ror.org/049emcs32","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162577319"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Alain Bensoussan","raw_affiliation_strings":["ICDRiA, Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"ICDRiA, Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162577319"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110025047","display_name":"Alexandre Brouste","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210108471","display_name":"Le Mans Universit\u00e9","ror":"https://ror.org/01mtcc283","country_code":"FR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210108471"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210155549","display_name":"Laboratoire de Math\u00e9matiques Blaise Pascal","ror":"https://ror.org/05sd5r855","country_code":"FR","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1294671590","https://openalex.org/I1294671590","https://openalex.org/I198244214","https://openalex.org/I4210141950","https://openalex.org/I4210155549"]}],"countries":["FR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alexandre Brouste","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratoire Manceau de Math\u00e9matiques, Le Mans Universit\u00e9, Le Mans, France"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratoire Manceau de Math\u00e9matiques, Le Mans Universit\u00e9, Le Mans, France","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210155549","https://openalex.org/I4210108471"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005436473","display_name":"M. Morlais","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210108471","display_name":"Le Mans Universit\u00e9","ror":"https://ror.org/01mtcc283","country_code":"FR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210108471"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210155549","display_name":"Laboratoire de Math\u00e9matiques Blaise Pascal","ror":"https://ror.org/05sd5r855","country_code":"FR","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1294671590","https://openalex.org/I1294671590","https://openalex.org/I198244214","https://openalex.org/I4210141950","https://openalex.org/I4210155549"]}],"countries":["FR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marie-Am\u00e9lie Morlais","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratoire Manceau de Math\u00e9matiques, Le Mans Universit\u00e9, Le Mans, France"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratoire Manceau de Math\u00e9matiques, Le Mans Universit\u00e9, Le Mans, France","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210155549","https://openalex.org/I4210108471"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077910056","display_name":"Fran\u00e7ois-Baptiste Cartiaux","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fran\u00e7ois-Baptiste Cartiaux","raw_affiliation_strings":["OSMOS Group, Paris, France"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"OSMOS Group, Paris, France","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018531470","display_name":"J. Semi\u00e3o","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7667-7910"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jorge Semiao","raw_affiliation_strings":["OSMOS Group, Paris, France"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"OSMOS Group, Paris, France","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5118741007"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162577319"],"apc_list":{"value":2390,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2990},"apc_paid":{"value":2390,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2990},"fwci":10.343,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96585067,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"1","first_page":"317","last_page":"339"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10780","display_name":"Reliability and Maintenance Optimization","score":0.7657999992370605,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2213","display_name":"Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10780","display_name":"Reliability and Maintenance Optimization","score":0.7657999992370605,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2213","display_name":"Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11606","display_name":"Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring","score":0.05000000074505806,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2205","display_name":"Civil and Structural Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11850","display_name":"Concrete Corrosion and Durability","score":0.028300000354647636,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2205","display_name":"Civil and Structural Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-decision-process","display_name":"Markov decision process","score":0.7247999906539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optimal-maintenance","display_name":"Optimal maintenance","score":0.6111999750137329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/probability-distribution","display_name":"Probability distribution","score":0.5430999994277954},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-process","display_name":"Markov process","score":0.5260000228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-chain","display_name":"Markov chain","score":0.4602999985218048},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stochastic-programming","display_name":"Stochastic programming","score":0.4571000039577484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dynamic-programming","display_name":"Dynamic programming","score":0.4562000036239624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/state","display_name":"State (computer science)","score":0.45590001344680786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stochastic-process","display_name":"Stochastic process","score":0.4544999897480011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/condition-based-maintenance","display_name":"Condition-based maintenance","score":0.41909998655319214}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106189395","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176789","display_name":"Markov decision process","level":3,"score":0.7247999906539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6776999831199646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776671899","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7098945","display_name":"Optimal maintenance","level":2,"score":0.6111999750137329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.5896000266075134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149441793","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200726","display_name":"Probability distribution","level":2,"score":0.5430999994277954},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159886148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176645","display_name":"Markov process","level":2,"score":0.5260000228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98763669","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176645","display_name":"Markov chain","level":2,"score":0.4602999985218048},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137631369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7617831","display_name":"Stochastic programming","level":2,"score":0.4571000039577484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37404715","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380679","display_name":"Dynamic programming","level":2,"score":0.4562000036239624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.45590001344680786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C8272713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176737","display_name":"Stochastic process","level":2,"score":0.4544999897480011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776907094","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1043452","display_name":"Condition-based maintenance","level":2,"score":0.41909998655319214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.39239999651908875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14646407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430750","display_name":"Bellman equation","level":2,"score":0.392300009727478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113336015","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574010","display_name":"Complete information","level":2,"score":0.3873000144958496},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.3709000051021576},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23725684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q616377","display_name":"Maintenance engineering","level":2,"score":0.36250001192092896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779679103","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5251805","display_name":"Degradation (telecommunications)","level":2,"score":0.36230000853538513},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.34880000352859497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.34689998626708984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.31949999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C92424840","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7912772","display_name":"Value of information","level":2,"score":0.30970001220703125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170131372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7617811","display_name":"Stochastic control","level":3,"score":0.30320000648498535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2983703474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17088227","display_name":"Probability estimation","level":2,"score":0.2903999984264374},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163836022","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6771326","display_name":"Markov model","level":3,"score":0.2842999994754791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.28290000557899475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197055811","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207522","display_name":"Probability density function","level":2,"score":0.2809000015258789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110121322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q865811","display_name":"Distribution (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.2793000042438507},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61797465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1188986","display_name":"Term (time)","level":2,"score":0.2770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.27630001306533813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778814095","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6736790","display_name":"Maintenance actions","level":2,"score":0.2628999948501587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28901747","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177571","display_name":"Decision theory","level":2,"score":0.26030001044273376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127491075","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7617825","display_name":"Stochastic modelling","level":2,"score":0.25690001249313354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C122203268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5862903","display_name":"Probability theory","level":2,"score":0.25040000677108765}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2502731256","display_name":"Dynamic Games and Applications","issn_l":"2153-0785","issn":["2153-0785","2153-0793"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320186","host_organization_name":"Birkh\u00e4user","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320186","https://openalex.org/P4310319900"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Birkh\u00e4user","Springer Science+Business Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Dynamic Games and Applications","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13235-026-00698-y.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2502731256","display_name":"Dynamic Games and Applications","issn_l":"2153-0785","issn":["2153-0785","2153-0793"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320186","host_organization_name":"Birkh\u00e4user","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320186","https://openalex.org/P4310319900"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Birkh\u00e4user","Springer Science+Business Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Dynamic Games and Applications","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1064787239","display_name":"Efficient inference for large of high-frequency data","funder_award_id":"ANR-21-CE40-0021","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320883","funder_display_name":"Agence Nationale de la Recherche"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3960102639","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"NSF-DMS-220-47-95","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320883","display_name":"Agence Nationale de la Recherche","ror":"https://ror.org/00rbzpz17"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320325087","display_name":"Institut Louis Bachelier","ror":"https://ror.org/02y5beg61"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320331267","display_name":"Fondation du Risque","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7129913330.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7129913330.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1972679630","https://openalex.org/W1980171763","https://openalex.org/W1983645031","https://openalex.org/W1987411164","https://openalex.org/W1996699919","https://openalex.org/W2008840836","https://openalex.org/W2021937471","https://openalex.org/W2034769020","https://openalex.org/W2036941770","https://openalex.org/W2058812148","https://openalex.org/W2124856311","https://openalex.org/W2147307451","https://openalex.org/W2160903742","https://openalex.org/W2334782222","https://openalex.org/W2995725774","https://openalex.org/W3118273402","https://openalex.org/W3155444895","https://openalex.org/W3169573488"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"This":[1,64],"paper":[2],"explores":[3],"stochastic":[4,159],"maintenance":[5,74,160],"for":[6,80,149,193],"a":[7,27,30,114,147,183],"large":[8],"fleet":[9],"of":[10,16,24,26,41,58,141,174,204],"structures,":[11],"focusing":[12],"on":[13],"the":[14,22,34,38,56,81,90,107,177,189,198,217,222],"example":[15],"bridges.":[17],"The":[18,139],"approach":[19],"involves":[20],"replacing":[21],"states":[23,172],"degradation":[25,39,62,97],"facility":[28],"with":[29,55,100,168],"probability":[31,169],"distribution":[32],"over":[33,171],"states.":[35],"Even":[36],"though":[37],"state":[40,92],"each":[42,61],"individual":[43,175],"structure":[44],"may":[45,119],"be":[46,120,127],"available,":[47,121],"it":[48,124],"is":[49,65,93,98,110,133,179,195],"often":[50],"more":[51],"convenient":[52],"to":[53,135,181,197,202,215],"work":[54],"proportions":[57],"structures":[59],"in":[60,113,152],"state.":[63],"particularly":[66],"useful":[67],"when":[68,89,96],"incorporating":[69],"constraints":[70],"such":[71,164],"as":[72,182],"limited":[73],"budgets":[75],"or":[76,95],"desired":[77],"quality":[78],"levels":[79],"overall":[82],"fleet.":[83],"Probability":[84],"distributions":[85,170],"are":[86,213],"commonly":[87],"used":[88,134],"initial":[91],"unknown":[94],"observed":[99],"error":[101],"(i.e.,":[102],"under":[103],"partial":[104,131],"observation).":[105],"However,":[106],"same":[108],"methodology":[109,192],"applied":[111],"here":[112],"different":[115],"context.":[116],"Full":[117],"information":[118,132],"but":[122],"using":[123],"directly":[125],"can":[126],"too":[128],"complex.":[129],"Instead,":[130],"reduce":[136],"this":[137,187],"complexity.":[138],"theory":[140],"Markov":[142],"Decision":[143],"Processes":[144],"(MDPs)":[145],"provides":[146],"framework":[148,178],"many":[150],"applications":[151],"Operations":[153],"Research":[154],"and":[155,158,209,220],"Management":[156],"Science,":[157],"has":[161],"become":[162],"one":[163],"application.":[165],"When":[166],"working":[167],"instead":[173],"states,":[176],"referred":[180],"mean-field":[184,199],"MDP.":[185],"In":[186],"setting,":[188],"dynamic":[190],"programming":[191],"MDPs":[194],"extended":[196],"case,":[200],"tailored":[201],"fleets":[203],"structures.":[205],"Both":[206],"value":[207,218],"iteration":[208,211],"policy":[210],"algorithms":[212],"considered":[214],"characterize":[216],"function":[219],"determine":[221],"optimal":[223],"(randomized)":[224],"control":[225],"policy.":[226]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-22T08:00:12.763002","created_date":"2026-02-18T00:00:00"}