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A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems (2015)
Book Chapter
Percy, D. (2015). A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems. In M. Wright (Ed.), Operational Research Applied to Sports (181-200). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

The International Badminton Federation recently introduced rule changes to make the game faster and more entertaining, by influencing how players score points and win games. We assess the fairness of both systems by applying combinatorics, probabilit... Read More about A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems.

Predictions of relative risks for dengue disease mapping in Malaysia based on stochastic SIR-SI vector-borne infectious disease transmission model (2014)
Book Chapter
Samat, N., & Percy, D. (2014). Predictions of relative risks for dengue disease mapping in Malaysia based on stochastic SIR-SI vector-borne infectious disease transmission model. In A. Kasim, W. Omar, N. Razak, N. Musa, R. Halim, & S. Mohamed (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (ICSTSS) 2012 (399-404). Singapore: Springer

The main aim of this paper is to propose a procedure for predicting relative risk in order to suggest approximate future dengue disease progression patterns for Malaysia. Firstly, we discuss the posterior predictive distributions that are used to gen... Read More about Predictions of relative risks for dengue disease mapping in Malaysia based on stochastic SIR-SI vector-borne infectious disease transmission model.

Reliability equivalence factors for a series-parallel system assuming an exponentiated weibull distribution (2014)
Book Chapter
Alghamdi, S., & Percy, D. (2014). Reliability equivalence factors for a series-parallel system assuming an exponentiated weibull distribution. In S. Wu (Ed.), Proceedings of 8th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

In this study, we discuss the reliability equivalence factors of a series-parallel system with n series subsystems connected in parallel where subsystem i has m(i) independent and identically distributed components. We assume that each component has... Read More about Reliability equivalence factors for a series-parallel system assuming an exponentiated weibull distribution.

Assessing student teams developing mathematical models applied to business and industrial mathematics (2012)
Book Chapter
Chadwick, E., Sandiford, K., & Percy, D. (2012). Assessing student teams developing mathematical models applied to business and industrial mathematics. In J. Waldock, & P. Rowlett (Eds.), Employer Engagement in Undergraduate Mathematics (41-44). London: Mathematical Sciences HE Curriculum Innovation Project

Maintenance based on limited data (2008)
Book Chapter
Percy, D. (2008). Maintenance based on limited data. In K. Kobbacy, & D. Murthy (Eds.), Complex System Maintenance Handbook (133-154). London: Springer

Preventive maintenance models for complex systems (2008)
Book Chapter
Percy, D. (2008). Preventive maintenance models for complex systems. In K. Kobbacy, & D. Murthy (Eds.), Complex Systems Maintenance Handbook (179-207). London: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-011-7_8

Preventive maintenance (PM) of repairable systems can be very beneficial in reducing repair and replacement costs, and in improving system availability, by reducing the need for corrective maintenance (CM). Strategies for scheduling PM are often base... Read More about Preventive maintenance models for complex systems.

Subjective reliability analysis using predictive elicitation (2003)
Book Chapter
Percy, D. (2003). Subjective reliability analysis using predictive elicitation. In B. Lindqvist, & K. Doksum (Eds.), Mathematical and statistical methods in reliability (57-72). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co