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An Extended Opportunity-Based Age Replacement Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2002

Bermawi P. Iskandar
Affiliation:
Jurusan Teknik Industri, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.
Hiroaki Sandoh
Affiliation:
Department of Information & Management Science, University of Marketing & Distribution Sciences, Kobe-shi 651-2188, Japan.
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Abstract

The present study proposes an extended opportunity-basedage replacement policy where opportunities occur according to a Poissonprocess. When the age, x of the system satisfies x < S for aprespecified value S, a corrective replacement is conducted if theobjective system fails. In case x satisfies S ≤ x < T foranother prespecified value T, we take an opportunity to preventivelyreplace the system by a new one with probability p, and do not takethe opportunity with probability 1 - p. At the moment x reaches T,a preventive replacement is executed independently of opportunities. Thelong-term average cost of the proposed policy is formulated. Theconditions under which optimal values for S and T exist for aprespecified value of T and S, respectively, are then clarified. Numerical examples are also presented to illustrate the theoreticalunderpinnings of the proposed replacement policy formulation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2000

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