The availability of inspected systems subject to random deterioration Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper examines the availability of an inspected system where the rate of deterioration is governed by an exogenous random environment. We develop a qualitative result that exposes the relationship among remaining life, deterioration, and repairs. This result requires no specific distributional assumptions. We use this result in developing a simple bound on stationary availability. We investigate these relationships numerically for a Markovian system and provide insights useful to practitioners in selecting an inspection process that guarantees a target availability.

published proceedings

  • PROBABILITY IN THE ENGINEERING AND INFORMATIONAL SCIENCES

author list (cited authors)

  • Klutke, G. A., Wortman, M. A., & Ayhan, H.

citation count

  • 19

complete list of authors

  • Klutke, GA||Wortman, MA||Ayhan, H

publication date

  • January 1996