Research Article

Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System with Data Mining

Volume: 8 Number: 2 November 30, 2025
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Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System with Data Mining

Abstract

Transportation is among the daily routines of many people and a large part of human life is spent in transportation. In a process where transportation has gained so much importance, it is important to regularly perform maintenance and repair of vehicles for comfortable, safe and fast transportation. In this study, it is aimed to improve the maintenance and repair times of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality tram operation. Therefore, Maintenance Repair Data Model is designed by applying K-NN (K-nearest neighbors) classification, Decision Trees and Deep Learning algorithms from Data Mining algorithms.Thus, the warranty periods of the trams are extended and the trams operate with maximum performance by looking at the mean time between failures and the length of maintenance work periods.Quantitative findings revealed that the K-NN algorithm achieved the highest performance with an accuracy rate of 87.6%, outperforming the Decision Tree 85.95% and Deep Learning 70.66% models. Moreover, the K-NN model demonstrated the most balanced classification performance, with a precision of 0.716, recall of 0.637, and an F1-score of 0.652. In contrast, the Deep Learning algorithm exhibited lower performance, with an F1-score of only 0.355, indicating its limited effectiveness when applied to structured maintenance data. These results suggest that in cases where the dataset is structured and relatively small in scale, simpler non-parametric models such as K-NN may offer more efficient and practical solutions for predicting maintenance durations.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Software Engineering (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 30, 2025

Submission Date

February 4, 2025

Acceptance Date

July 1, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Ertuğ Yıldırım, M., & Altınışık, U. (2025). Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System with Data Mining. Kocaeli Journal of Science and Engineering, 8(2), 174-185. https://doi.org/10.34088/kojose.1632004
AMA
1.Ertuğ Yıldırım M, Altınışık U. Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System with Data Mining. KOJOSE. 2025;8(2):174-185. doi:10.34088/kojose.1632004
Chicago
Ertuğ Yıldırım, Melek, and Umut Altınışık. 2025. “Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System With Data Mining”. Kocaeli Journal of Science and Engineering 8 (2): 174-85. https://doi.org/10.34088/kojose.1632004.
EndNote
Ertuğ Yıldırım M, Altınışık U (November 1, 2025) Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System with Data Mining. Kocaeli Journal of Science and Engineering 8 2 174–185.
IEEE
[1]M. Ertuğ Yıldırım and U. Altınışık, “Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System with Data Mining”, KOJOSE, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 174–185, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.34088/kojose.1632004.
ISNAD
Ertuğ Yıldırım, Melek - Altınışık, Umut. “Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System With Data Mining”. Kocaeli Journal of Science and Engineering 8/2 (November 1, 2025): 174-185. https://doi.org/10.34088/kojose.1632004.
JAMA
1.Ertuğ Yıldırım M, Altınışık U. Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System with Data Mining. KOJOSE. 2025;8:174–185.
MLA
Ertuğ Yıldırım, Melek, and Umut Altınışık. “Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System With Data Mining”. Kocaeli Journal of Science and Engineering, vol. 8, no. 2, Nov. 2025, pp. 174-85, doi:10.34088/kojose.1632004.
Vancouver
1.Melek Ertuğ Yıldırım, Umut Altınışık. Improving the Maintenance and Repair Model of Kocaeli Akçaray Tram System with Data Mining. KOJOSE. 2025 Nov. 1;8(2):174-85. doi:10.34088/kojose.1632004