Optimal age for preventive replacement under a combined fully renewable free replacement with a pro-rata warranty

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 198-205

  Chien, Yu Hung ^a  

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

Author keywords

Age replacement; Cost rate; Increasing failure rate; Optimization; Pro rata warranty; Renewing warranty

Indexed keywords

COMBINED WARRANTY; COST MODELS; COST RATE; INCREASING FAILURE RATE; LOCAL OPTIMAL; LONG-RUN EXPECTED COST RATE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL POLICIES; REPLACEMENT COSTS; REPLACEMENT POLICY; TIME INTERVAL; WARRANTY PERIOD; WARRANTY POLICY;

OPTIMIZATION;

COSTS;

EID: 74449089304     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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