Title :
Approximate Calculation of Block Replacement with Weibull Failure Times
Author :
Nakagawa, Toshio ; Yasui, Kazumi
Author_Institution :
Department of Mathematics; Meijo University; Nagoya 468 JAPAN.
Abstract :
A block replacement policy with Weibull failure times is considered. It is troublesome to compute an optimum planned replacement time numerically. An asymptotic calculation is given in terms of pdf and the failure rate. A numerical example shows that under some conditions the formulas help approximate an optimum time.
Keywords :
Cost function; Distributed computing; Failure analysis; Hazards; Probability; Reliability theory; Weibull distribution; Asymptotic formula; Block replacement; Optimum policy; Weibull distribution; s-Expected cost rate;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1978.5220363
