Optimum inspection interval for a system under periodic and opportunistic inspections

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 932-948

  Taghipour, Sharareh ^a,b   Banjevic, Dragan ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

hard failures; minimal repair; opportunistic inspections; optimization; Periodic inspection; replacement; soft failures

Indexed keywords

FINITE TIME HORIZON; INFUSION PUMP; INSPECTION INTERVALS; MINIMAL REPAIR; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL INSPECTION; PERIODIC INSPECTION; RECURSIVE PROCEDURE; REPLACEMENT; SOFT FAILURE;

MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION;

INSPECTION;

EID: 84865858364     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2011.618176     Document Type: Article

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