Taghipour, Sharareh; Banjevic, Dragan - In: European Journal of Operational Research 220 (2012) 3, pp. 649-660
This paper proposes two optimization models for the periodic inspection of a system with “hard-type” and “soft-type” components. Given that the failures of hard-type components are self-announcing, the component is instantly repaired or replaced, but the failures of soft-type components...