Optimal maintenance and operation of a system with backup components

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-349

  Righter, Rhonda ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS;

CLOSED SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE; OPTIMAL POLICIES; RANDOM PERIODS; RELIABLE COMPONENTS; SINGLE SERVER QUEUE; SYSTEM AVAILABILITY; USAGE POLICIES;

REPAIR;

EID: 0036969868     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964802163054     Document Type: Article

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