• 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 ...
    • What is Middle Maintenance Policy? 

      Zhao, Xufeng; Al?Khalifa, Khalifa N.; Hamouda, Abdel Magid; Nakagawa, Toshio ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      The main purpose of this paper is to propose several new maintenance policies that can be performed at suitable middle times for trivariate preventive maintenance scenarios. Firstly, characteristics and limitations for the ...