A maintenance model with failures and inspection following Markovian arrival processes and two repair modes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 694-707

  Delia, Montoro Cazorla ^a   Rafael, Pérez Ocón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imperfect repair; Inspection; Maintenance; Markovian arrival process; Minimal repair; Phase type distribution

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; FAILURE MODES; INSPECTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

IMPERFECT REPAIR; MARKOVIAN ARRIVAL PROCESSES; MINIMAL REPAIR;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 35348932644     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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