Optimal maintenance policies for machines subject to deterioration and intermittent breakdowns

Sarma, VVS and Alam, Mansoor (2010) Optimal maintenance policies for machines subject to deterioration and intermittent breakdowns. In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, May 1975.

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Abstract

Optimal preventive maintenance policies, for a machine subject to deterioration with age and intermittent breakdowns and repairs, are derived using optimal control theory. The optimal policies are shown to be of bang-bang nature. The extension to the case when there are a large number of identical machines and several repairmen in the system is considered next. This model takes into account the waiting line formed at the repair facility and establishes a link between this problem and the classical ``repairmen problem.''

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Communication Engineering
Date Deposited:	26 Dec 2011 07:48
Last Modified:	26 Dec 2011 07:48
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/42883

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