IEEE Transactions on Reliability · 1983 · 44 citations · 4 references
EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringOperations ManagementMaintenance EngineeringSchedulingMaintenance Cost ManagementMaintenance OptimizationMaintenance SchedulingPreventive MaintenanceReliability ModelingReplacement DecisionsMean Time Between FailuresMean Time To FailureMean Time To RepairOptimal Replacement PolicyRepair Time AnalysisRepairable Systems ModelsReplacementScheduled Maintenance
This paper considers a model for determining the optimal number of failures before replacement time, in which a failed unit undergoes minimal repair between replacements. The optimal number N* to minimize the mean cost rate is discussed when the scheduled replacement time T is specified.
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Mathematical Theory of Reliability.
Benjamin Epstein, R. E. Barlow, F. Proschan et al. · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1966 · 233 citations