The mean function of a repairable system that is subjected to an imperfect repair policy

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Ebrahimi, Nader ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Controllable covariate; Counting process; Cumulative intensity function; Decreasing failure rate; Gamma process; Intensity function; Maximum liklihood; Non homogeneous Poisson process; Uncontrollable covariate

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BROWNIAN MOTION; CONTROLLABLE COVARIATE; COUNTING PROCESS; CUMULATIVE INTENSITY FUNCTION; DECREASING FAILURE RATE; GAMMA PROCESS; INTENSITY FUNCTION; MAXIMUM LIKLIHOOD; NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; UNCONTROLLABLE COVARIATE;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 56849091921     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170802322671     Document Type: Article

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