A general age-replacement model with minimal repair under renewing free-replacement warranty

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1046-1058

  Chien, Yu Hung ^a  

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

Author keywords

General age replacement model; Long run expected cost rate; Minimal repair; Renewing free replacement warranty

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT LIABILITY;

FREE-REPLACEMENT WARRANTY; GENERAL AGE-REPLACEMENT MODEL; LONG-RUN EXPECTED COST RATE; MINIMAL REPAIR; RENEWING FREE-REPLACEMENT WARRANTY;

REPAIR;

EID: 35548987610     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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