On some optimal switching strategies

Systems of components with increasing failure rates are considered. Switching from an operating component on standby can be performed at each instant of time. Optimal switching strategies, maximizing the time to the first failure of a component and to the total failure of a system are investigated....

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Main Author: M.S. Finkelstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) 2014-01-01
Series:ORiON
Online Access:http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/186