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This paper investigates the problem of finding optimal replacement policies for equipment subject to failures with randomly distributed repair costs, the degree of reliability of the equipment being considered as a state of a Markov process. Algorithms have been devised to find optimal combined policies both for preventive replacement and for replacement in case of failure by using repair-limit strategies.
First a simple procedure to obtain an optimal discrete policy is described. Then an algorithm is formulated in order to calculate an optimal continuous policy: it is shown how the optimal repair limit is the solution to an ordinary differential equation, and how the value of the repair limit determines the optimal preventive replacement policy.
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*Present address: FATE S.A.I.C.I., Buenos Aires.
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Véroli, J. Optimal Continuous Policies for Repair and Replacement. J Oper Res Soc 25, 89–97 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1974.9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1974.9