Maintenance scheduling under age replacement policy using proportional hazards model and TTT-plotting

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 507-515

  Kumar, Dhananjay ^a   Westberg, Ulf ^b  

^a Stockholm Energi AB   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age replacement policy; Maintenance scheduling; Proportional hazards model; Threshold value; Total time on test

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ESTIMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; SCHEDULING;

AGE REPLACEMENT POLICY; MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; THRESHOLD VALUE; TOTAL TIME ON TEST;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0031170328     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00317-7     Document Type: Article

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