Some results on block replacement policies and renewal theory
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Applied Probability
- Vol. 29 (4), 932-946
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3214725
Abstract
Age and block replacement policies are commonly used in order to reduce the number of in-service failures. The focus in this paper is on the block replacement policies, about which relatively less is known than age replacement policies. Several new results which connect the properties of block replacement policies with the properties of the corresponding renewal function and the excess lifetimes are obtained. Some applications and the relationships between these new results and some known results are included.Keywords
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