A multi-component and multi-failure mode inspection model based on the delay time concept

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 912-920

  Wang, Wenbin ^a,b   Banjevic, Dragan ^c   Pecht, Michael ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay time; Inspection; Maintenance; Optimal inspection interval

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DELAY TIME; DELAY TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; INSPECTION PRACTICES; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; OPTIMAL INSPECTION; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; STOCHASTIC POINT PROCESS;

FAILURE MODES;

EID: 79951957429     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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