Hybrid block replacement and inspection policies for a multi-component system with heterogeneous component lives

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 384-394

  Scarf, Philip A ^a   Cavalcante, Cristiano A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age based replacement; Block replacement; Inspection; Maintenance; Mixtures; Multi component system

Indexed keywords

AGE-BASED; AGE-BASED REPLACEMENT; BLOCK REPLACEMENT; BURN-IN; COMPONENT PART; EMBEDDED BLOCKS; FAILURE MODEL; HETEROGENEOUS COMPONENT; HETEROGENEOUS POPULATIONS; IDENTICAL COMPONENTS; INSPECTION MAINTENANCE; INSPECTION POLICIES; MIXED DISTRIBUTION; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; PERIODIC INSPECTION; REPLACEMENT POLICY; SERIES SYSTEM; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TIME TO FAILURE; TWO PHASIS;

INSPECTION; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 77950369459     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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