Optimal age-replacement policy of a system subject to shocks with random lead-time

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-144

  Sheu, Shey Huei ^a   Chien, Yu Hung ^b  

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

^b HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inventory; Maintenance; Minimal repair; Replacement

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; REPAIR;

COST STRUCTURE; INVENTORY; MINIMAL REPAIR; REPLACEMENT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 2942650724     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00409-0     Document Type: Article

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