Imperfect repair models with preventive maintenance

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1043-1059

  Li, Haijun ^a   Shaked, Moshe ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Block and age replacement; Compensator function; IFR; NBU; Stochastic order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442307365     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1067436099     Document Type: Article

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