Title :
Optimum Preventive Maintenance Policy for a 1-Unit System
Author :
Ohashi, Mamoru ; Nishida, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Applied Physics; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565 JAPAN.
fDate :
6/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper derives the Laplace transforms of the mission reliability, mission availability, and mean time to system failure (MTSF) for a 1-unit system with allowed down time and preventive maintenance (pm). Further we show the optimum pm policy maximizing the MTSF.
Keywords :
Laplace equations; Mathematics; Operations research; Physics; Preventive maintenance; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Student members; Availability; MTSF; Mission time; Optimization; Preventive maintenance;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1980.5220770
