Title :
Optimal Age-Policy with Imperfect Preventive Maintenance
Author :
Murthy, D.N.P. ; Nguyen, D.G.
Author_Institution :
Department of Mechanical Engineering; University of Queensland; St. Lucia, Qld. 4067; Brisbane, AUSTRALIA.
fDate :
4/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We study the optimal age policy with imperfect preventive maintenance. The preventive maintenance is imperfect in the sense that it can cause failure of a non-failed system.
Keywords :
Cost function; Hazards; Markov processes; Preventive maintenance; Reliability theory; Age policy; Imperfect maintenance;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1981.5220976