An LDQBD process under degradation, inspection, and two types of repair

Delia Montoro Cazorla and Rafael Pérez-Ocón

European Journal of Operational Research, 2008, vol. 190, issue 2, 494-508

Abstract: A warm standby n-system with operational and repair times following phase-type distributions is considered. The online unit goes through degradating levels, determined by inspections. Two types of repairs are performed, preventive and corrective, depending on the degradation level. The standby units undergo corrective repair. This systems is governed by a level-dependent-quasi-birth-and-death proces (LDQBD process), whose generator is constructed. The availability, rate of occurrence of failures, and other quantities of interest are calculated. A numerical example including an optimization problem and illustrating the calculations is presented. This system extend other previously studied in the literature.

Date: 2008
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