... large, the 100(1−α) percent CI for C_R is approximated as (DeCoursey, 2003): (Equation 8) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Replacement control Maintenance Costs Age‐based replacement policy Multi‐attributes Robust design Optimization...

... properties Optimization Process parameters Replacement control Optimization techniques The mill in the case study processed ore types that came from different mines and possessed different physical characteristics, such as different grade values, ore densities etc. Besides the process data...

... for inspections are rΔ, (r+1)Δ, (r+2)Δ, … Condition monitoring Maintenance Replacement control Inspection Cost effectiveness T=random time to failure. Z(t)=the value of the stochastic covariate measured at time t. Δ=the minimum time between...

...) Replacement control Preventive maintenance Generally, it is thought that a preventive maintenance action is only suitable for aging systems, which have an increasing failure rate. Namely, “aging” is a necessary condition of the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance action. Given an aging...

... to maximize the steady state availability. It is also easy to implement. Originality/value This new strategy would appear to be more efficient than the previous basic block replacement strategy. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Replacement control Maintenance programmes Production...

... it is cost‐effective to recover the item now, or to ground the system when the item deteriorates to its critical level. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Maintenance Replacement control Genetics Condition monitoring Complex systems like aircraft, space shuttles and nuclear power...