Configuration method of naval gun equipment spare parts based on multi-agent simulation

  Objectives   The type and quantity of spare parts affect the security of equipment. As the space storage capacity of a ship is limited, an overabundance of spare parts cannot be carried. In order to improve the force-level support capability of equipment, a configuration method for the spare parts of naval gun equipment based on a multi-agent simulation is proposed.

  Methods  First, the functional structure and operation of a naval gun are simulated using multi-agent modeling; then, combined with the failure rate of each unit component, a Monte Carlo repetitive simulation experiment is carried out, and the relevant indicators of supporting resources such as spare part satisfaction and utilization rates are statistically calculated; finally, the spare part configuration scheme is evaluated based on the above indicators, and several trials are conducted to arrive at the optimal solution. A single 100 mm naval gun is used as an example for evaluating and optimizing the scheme.

  Results  Compared with the basic scheme, the number of spare parts carried under the optimized scheme is greatly reduced, and the satisfaction rate of spare parts is almost the same.

  Conclusions  The simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. As such, this study provides valuable references for the configuration scheme design of the spare parts of naval gun equipment.