Optimum condition-based maintenance policies for deteriorating systems with partial information
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Systems are considered which deteriorate as time goes on and whose conditions can be observed. The optimum maintenance policy with respect to cost is determined, based on a continuous deterioration process, by formulating the decision process as a discrete Markov decision problem. Examples from the field of civil engineering are given. The relation between the type of deterioration and condition-based optimum inspection intervals, optimum repair level, minimum average maintenance costs and mean time to repair is shown, using some numerical results.
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TNO Identifier
94876
Source
Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 51(3), pp. 267-274.
Publisher
Elsevier
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Pages
267-274
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