Structured replacement policies for components with complex degradation processes and dedicated sensors

Operations Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 684-695

  Elwany, Alaa H ^a   Gebraeel, Nagi Z ^b   Maillart, Lisa M ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Control limit policies; Degradation modeling; Markov decision processes; Nonstationary degradation; Sensors; Single unit replacement model

Indexed keywords

CONTROL LIMIT POLICY; DEGRADATION MODELING; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; NONSTATIONARY DEGRADATION; SINGLE-UNIT REPLACEMENT MODEL;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MACHINERY; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 79960512434     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1110.0912     Document Type: Article

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