• DocumentCode
    1347321
  • Title

    Optimal Age Replacement Policies for Items from a Mixture

  • Author

    Murthy, D.N.P. ; Maxwell, M.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Mechanical Engineering; University of Queensland, St. Lucia (Qld) 4067 AUSTRALIA.
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    6/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    169
  • Lastpage
    170
  • Abstract
    An optimal age-replacement policy with items drawn from a mixture of two types is discussed. Conditions under which it is worth testing (at a cost) to obtain the extra information of item type are derived and a numerical example presented.
  • Keywords
    Cost function; Failure analysis; Hazards; Manufacturing; Reliability engineering; Testing; Age replacement; Information; Mixture; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1981.5221020
  • Filename
    5221020
    • Link To Document
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