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A cost relationship between age and block replacement policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Thomas H. Savits
Thomas H. Savits*
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
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∗Postal address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Abstract

The general cost structure of a unit on line is assumed to be governed by a stochastic process , where R(t) denotes the operating cost on [0, t)and ζ denotes the time of an unscheduled (or unplanned) replacement by a new unit at a cost c1. For an age replacement maintenance policy, scheduled (or planned) replacements occur whenever an operating unit reaches age T, whereas in the block replacement case, scheduled replacements occur every T units of time. Such scheduled replacements cost c2. The expected long-run cost per unit time can then be expressed in the form A(T)/Ε [min(ζ, T)] and B(T)/T respectively. Our main result shows that where U is the associated renewal function generated by ζ.

Keywords

MINIMAL REPAIRRENEWAL REWARDNON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 789 - 796
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1988 

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Footnotes

Research supported by ONR Contract N0014–84-K-0084 and AFOSR Grant AFOSR-84–0113.

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