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A prototype cost model of functional check decisions in reliability-centred maintenance

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In this paper, the functional check task specified in reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) is discussed and a general cost model under the assumption of a non-decreasing degradation process is established to jointly optimise the threshold of potential failure and inspection intervals to minimise the expected operating cost per unit time. A gamma process is used to describe a random wear degradation process and illustrate the model.

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  1. Centre for OR and Applied Statistics, University of Salford, UK

    X Jia & A H Christer

  2. Department of Management Engineering, Shijiazhuang Mechanical Engineering College, Hebei Province, P.R. China

    X Jia

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Jia, X., Christer, A. A prototype cost model of functional check decisions in reliability-centred maintenance. J Oper Res Soc 53, 1380–1384 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601453

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