Bounds on MTBF of systems subjected to periodic maintenance

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 469-474

  Amari, Suprasad V ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Relex Software Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Age replacement; Increasing failure rate on average (IFRA); Mean time between failures (MTBF); Periodic maintenance

Indexed keywords

AGE REPLACEMENT; INCREASING FAILURE RATE ON AVERAGE (IFRA); MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES (MTBF); PERIODIC MAINTENANCE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 34047266398     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2006.879645     Document Type: Article

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