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Given a component withN critical characteristics, each characteristici has a cost of inspectionC i>0 and a probability of rejectionR i, 0<R i<1. An optimal sequence for ordering these critical characteristics for inspection is found. This sequence minimizes the total expected cost of inspection. The implications and the applications of this sequence are examined.
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Communicated by M. D. Intriligator
The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by the Department of Systems Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, in the preparation of this manuscript.
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Duffuaa, S.O., Raouf, A. An optimal sequence in multicharacteristics inspection. J Optim Theory Appl 67, 79–86 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00939736
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