Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-87

  Berrade, M D ^a   Scarf, P A ^b   Cavalcante, C A V ^c   Dwight, R A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition based maintenance; Maintenance; Misclassification; Reliability

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE; RELIABILITY;

CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE; COST OF MAINTENANCE; IMPERFECT INSPECTIONS; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; INSPECTION FREQUENCY; MAINTENANCE MODELS; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; PERIODIC INSPECTION;

INSPECTION;

EID: 84885628337     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.02.024     Document Type: Article

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