Optimal age-replacement policy for repairable products under renewing free-replacement warranty

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 759-769

  Chien, Yu Hung ^a   Chen, Jih An ^b  

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

^b KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age replacement policy; General failure model; Long run expected cost rate; Minimal repair; Renewing free replacement warranty

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

AGE REPLACEMENT POLICY; GENERAL FAILURE MODELS; LONG-RUN EXPECTED COST RATE; MINIMAL REPAIR;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 34848841839     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720701599494     Document Type: Article

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