Optimal periodic replacement policy with checking time

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-29

  Sheu, Shey Huei ^a   Chen, Yan Chun ^b   Teng, L I Hsiu ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNG NAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Inspection; Maintenance; Optimization; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MAINTENANCE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

INSPECTION MODELS; MAINTENANCE POLICY; OPTIMAL INSPECTION; OPTIMAL PERIODIC REPLACEMENT POLICY;

INSPECTION;

EID: 13844280450     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539305001689     Document Type: Article

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