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Optimal block replacement policies with multiple choice at failure

Part of: Survival analysis and censored data Special processes Operations research and management science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Shey-Huei Sheu
Shey-Huei Sheu*
Affiliation:
National Taiwan Institute of Technology
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, 43, Keelung Road, Section 4, Taipei, Taiwan 10772.
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Abstract

A generalization of the block replacement policy (BRP) is proposed and analysed. Under such a policy, an operating system is preventively replaced at times kT (k = 1, 2, 3, ···), independently of its failure history. At failure an operating system is either replaced by a new or a used one or minimally repaired or remains inactive until the next planned replacement. The cost of the ith minimal repair of the new subsystem at age y depends on the random part C(y) and the deterministic part ci(y). The mathematical model is defined and general analytical results are obtained.

Keywords

MAINTENANCERELIABILITYREPAIR

MSC classification

Primary: 90B25: Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection
Secondary: 60K10: Applications (reliability, demand theory, etc.) 62N05: Reliability and life testing

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Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 129 - 141
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1992 

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