On systems with shared resources and optimal switching strategies

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1358-1362

  Finkelstein, Maxim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aging; Convergence in distribution; Optimal switching strategy; Resource; Spare part

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONVERGENCE IN DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMAL SWITCHING STRATEGY; RESOURCE; SPARE PART;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); SWITCHING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

TIME SHARING SYSTEMS;

EID: 67349201194     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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