Structured replacement policies for a Markov-modulated shock model

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-284

  Kurt, Murat ^a   Maillart, Lisa M ^a  

^a PA 15260   (United States)

Author keywords

Control limit policy; Markov decision process; Markov modulated Poisson process; Shock model

Indexed keywords

CONTROL-LIMIT POLICY; CUMULATIVE NUMBER; MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; MARKOV-MODULATED POISSON PROCESS; OPTIMALITY; REPLACEMENT POLICY; SHOCK MODEL; SHOCK MODELS;

MARKOV PROCESSES; POISSON EQUATION;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67449152264     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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