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Maintenance comparisons: block policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Henry W. Block,
Naftali A. Langberg and
Thomas H. Savits
Henry W. Block*
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
Naftali A. Langberg*
Affiliation:
Haifa University
Thomas H. Savits*
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
∗∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics, Haifa University, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Abstract

Complete repair and minimal repair models with a block maintenance policy are considered. Each of these models gives rise to a counting process, and these processes are compared stochastically. This contrasts with most previous work on maintenance policies where only univariate marginal comparisons were made. Also a more general block schedule is considered than is customary.

Keywords

STOCHASTIC COMPARISONBLOCK MAINTENANCE POLICYMINIMAL REPAIRNBU

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , September 1990, pp. 649 - 657
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1990 

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Footnotes

Supported by AFOSR Grant No. AFOSR-84-0113 and ONR Contract N00014-84-K-0084.

Partially supported by AFOSR Grant No. AFOSR-84-0113.

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