A geometric process equivalent model for a multistate degenerative system

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-29

  Lam, Yeh ^a,b   Zhang, Yuan Lin ^c   Zheng, Yao Hui ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geometric process; Harmonic mean; Renewal reward process; Replacement policy N

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; THEOREM PROVING;

GEOMETRIC PROCESS (GP) MODELS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036795906     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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