Optimal preventive maintenance policy for leased equipment using failure rate reduction

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 304-309

  Yeh, Ruey Huei ^a   Kao, Kow Chin ^a   Chang, Wen Liang ^b  

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

^b CARDINAL TIEN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Failure rate reduction; Lease contract; Minimal repair; Preventive maintenance

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; EFFICIENT ALGORITHM; FAILURE RATE; FAILURE RATE REDUCTION; LEASE CONTRACT; LIFE-TIME DISTRIBUTION; MAINTENANCE SCHEMES; MINIMAL REPAIR; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; TOTAL COSTS; WEIBULL;

EQUIPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS; REPAIR; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 67349127580     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2008.11.025     Document Type: Article

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