Optimal replacement for fault‐tolerant systems

Howard M. Taylor and Beatriz E. Rodriguez

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1986, vol. 33, issue 4, 747-757

Abstract: We consider the optimal replacement problem for a fault tolerant system comprised of N components. The components are distingushable, and the state of the system is given by knowing exactly which components are operationl and which have failed. The individual component failure rates depend on the state of the entire system. We assume that the rate at which the system produces income decreases as the system deteriorates and the system replacement cost rises. Individual components cannot be replaced. We give a greedy‐type algorithm that produces the replacement policy that maximizes the long‐run net system income per unit time.

Date: 1986
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