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On Repair Age Residual Repair Life in the Minimal Repair Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

S.N.U.A. Kirmani
Affiliation:
University of Northern lowa Cedar Falls, lowa 50614
Ramesh C. Gupta
Affiliation:
University of Maine Orono, Maine 04469

Abstract

Some properties of repair age (the elapsed time since the last repair) and the residual repair life (the time until the next repair) are studied for the minimal repair process under various assumptions on the aging characteristics of the equipment under maintenance. Bounds on expected repair age and expected residual repair life are obtained. Some characterizations of the Poisson process are also proved.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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