Repair and replacement decisions for warranted products under markov deterioration

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 368-373

  Pan, Yue ^a   Thomas, Marlin U ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Free repair warranty; Minimal repair; Multi state; Replacement

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAIN; COST EFFECTIVE; DECISION POINTS; DECISION VARIABLES; EXPECTED COSTS; FAILURE CHARACTERISTICS; MAINTENANCE PLANNING; MINIMAL REPAIR; MULTI STATE; OPTIMUM POLICY; PRODUCTION MACHINES; STATE SPACE; TIME PARAMETER; TOTAL COSTS; WARRANTY PERIOD;

COSTS; DETERIORATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURE; MARKOV PROCESSES;

REPAIR;

EID: 77953090187     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2010.2048731     Document Type: Article

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