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Empirical Optimization in a Reliability Problem

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The optimal spacing of inspections of a parallel system with m components is determined by empirical optimization. The lifetime distributions are general. By means of a heuristic search procedure, the optimal spacing is found for a given database of lifetimes. Usually, the proposed search procedure converges very rapidly. The qualities of the optimum are ascertained by independent replications using simulated lifetime data. The results of extensive experiments are reported and interpreted.

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  1. Dipartmento de Estadı´stica y Econometrı´a, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28903, Getafe, Madrid, Spain

    Rosa E. Lillo

  2. Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, U.S.A.

    Marcel F. Neuts

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Lillo, R.E., Neuts, M.F. Empirical Optimization in a Reliability Problem. Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability 2, 413–424 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010014302439

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