• Replacement policies for a parallel system with shortage and excess costs 

      Zhao, Xufeng; Chen, Mingchih; Nakagawa, Toshio ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      It has been assumed in most maintenance models that (i) the number of units for a parallel system can be predefined precisely, (ii) maintenance cost after failure should be avoided, and (iii) age replacement can always be ...
    • Replacement policies for age and working numbers with random life cycle 

      Zhao, Xufeng; Mizutani, Satoshi; Nakagawa, Toshio ( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      It has been modeled for several replacement policies in literatures that the whole life cycle or operating interval of an operating unit should be finite rather than infinite as is done with the traditional method. However, ...