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OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE OF SEMI-MARKOV MISSIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Bora Çekyay  and
Süleyman Özekici
Bora Çekyay
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering, Doğuş University, İstanbul, Turkey E-mail: bcekyay@dogus.edu.tr
Süleyman Özekici
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey E-mail: sozekici@ku.edu.tr
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Abstract

We analyze optimal replacement and repair problems of semi-Markov missions that are composed of phases with random sequence and durations. The mission process is the minimal semi-Markov process associated with a Markov renewal process. The system is a complex one consisting of non-identical components whose failure properties depend on the mission process. We prove some monotonicity properties for the optimal replacement policy and analyze the optimal repair problem under different cost structures.

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 77 - 98
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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