Replacement problems for a cold standby repairable system

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-25

  Zhang, Y L ^a,c,d   Wang, G J ^a   Ji, Z C ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Local Taxation   (China)

^c Royal Statistical Society   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Mathematical Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Convolution; Geometric processRenewal process; Renewal reward theorem; Repair replacement policy

Indexed keywords

RENEWAL REWARD THEOREM; REPAIR REPLACEMENT POLICY;

COSTS; REPAIR; THEOREM PROVING;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

EID: 32444436405     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720500404516     Document Type: Article

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