On the optimality of repair-cost-limit policies

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 936-949

  Jiang, Xiaoyue ^a   Cheng, Kan ^b   Makis, Viliam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

Author keywords

Minimal repair; Optimal stopping; Repair cost limit policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032244327     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200016648     Document Type: Article

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