Title :
Optimum Maintenance Policy for an Equipment Subject to Deterioration and Random Failure
Author :
Alam, Mansoor ; Sarma, V.V.S.
Author_Institution :
School of Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
fDate :
3/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optimal maintenance policies for a machine with degradation in performance with age and subject to failure are considered. The optimal policies are shown to be generally of a bang-coast nature, except in the case where the probability of machine failure is a function of maintenance. It is also shown, in the case where machine failure is not taken into account, that a high depreciation rate tends to reverse this policy to coast-bang. The results obtained here extend and unify the recent results for this problem.
Keywords :
Constraint theory; Degradation; Differential equations; Marketing and sales; Optimal control; Performance analysis; Production;
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSMC.1974.5409111