Browsing Mechanical & Industrial Engineering by Subject "Parallel system"

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    • Age replacement models: A summary with new perspectives and methods 

      Zhao, Xufeng; Al-Khalifa, Khalifa N.; Hamouda, AbdelMagid; Nakagawab, Toshio ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article Review)
      Age replacement models are fundamental to maintenance theory. This paper summarizes our new perspectives and hods in age replacement models: First, we optimize the expected cost rate for a required availability level and ...

    • Replacement policies for a parallel system with shortage and excess costs 

      Zhao, Xufeng; Chen, Mingchih; Nakagawa, Toshio ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      It has been assumed in most maintenance models that (i) the number of units for a parallel system can be predefined precisely, (ii) maintenance cost after failure should be avoided, and (iii) age replacement can always be ...