Maintenance strategy optimization using a continuous-state partially observable semi-Markov decision process

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-309

  Zhou, Yifan ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Mathew, Joseph ^a   Sun, Yong ^a   Wolff, Rodney ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; APPROXIMATE METHODS; CONTINUOUS STATE; DISCRETE-TIME; EXPECTED COSTS; FAILURE TIME; IMPERFECT MAINTENANCE; MAINTENANCE ACTION; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; MAINTENANCE COST; MAINTENANCE DECISIONS; MAINTENANCE INTERVALS; MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES; MONTE CARLO; OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE; PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; POLICY ITERATION; PROJECTION METHOD; REGULAR INSPECTIONS; SEMI-MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; SIMULATION STUDIES; STATE TRANSITIONS; STATE-DEPENDENT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONDITION MONITORING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; INSPECTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MAINTAINABILITY;

EID: 79551500574     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2010.09.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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