## Abstract Identical components are considered, which become obsolete once newβtype ones are available, more reliable and less energy consuming. We envision different possible replacement strategies for the oldβtype components by the newβtype ones: either purely preventive, where all oldβtype comp
Block replacement policies for a two-component system with failure dependence
β Scribed by Philip A. Scarf; Mohammed Deara
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-069X
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