An optimal policy for partially observable Markov decision processes with non-independent monitors

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-238

  Jin, Lu ^a   Mashita, Tomoaki ^a   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Failure (mechanical); Optimization techniques; Reliability management

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY;

CONTROL LIMIT POLICY; OPTIMAL POLICY; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 24344447233     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510510616441     Document Type: Article

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