New one cycle criteria for optimizing preventive replacement policies

Maryam Hamidi, Ferenc Szidarovszky and Miklos Szidarovszky

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2016, vol. 154, issue C, 42-48

Abstract: Models are introduced and examined for the optimum scheduling of preventive replacements. The “replace first†and “replace last†models are known from the literature if the long term expected cost per unit time is minimized. We will first introduce the one cycle counterparts of these models when the expected costs per unit time in a single cycle is minimized. If the unit performs identical projects sequentially then the “replace next†model assumes that the preventive replacement is postponed until the ongoing project is finished. The termination time of this project is random which also depends on the scheduled time of the preventive replacement in contrary to the “replace first†and “replace last†models. The mathematical models are formulated and conditions are given for the existence of finite optima. Numerical examples and a simulation study illustrate the methodology and the numerical results show interesting comparisons of the different models.

Keywords: Preventive replacement; Replace first; Replace last; Replace next; Optimization models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2016.04.010

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