“…It is widely applied in various areas such as politics, engineering, manufacturing, environmental, social and macro-economic issues (Sterman, 2000; Smith and Ackere, 2002; Khan et al , 2009; Khorshidi et al , 2015). Many researchers studied the application of SD in the maintenance area (Coyle and Gardiner, 1991; Linard, 2000; Thun, 2004; Xiaohu et al , 2007; Shahanaghi and Yazdian, 2009; Fan et al , 2010; Handani et al , 2011; Basirat et al , 2013; Mallick et al , 2014; Khorshidi et al , 2015; Ristić et al , 2016; Esmaeili, 2019).…”