k-out-of-m system availability with minimum-cost allocation spares

DOI10.1109/24.3756zbMath0648.90024OpenAlexW1977619458MaRDI QIDQ3793911

Atef Fahim, Vijaya K. Srivastava

Publication date: 1988

Published in: IEEE Transactions on Reliability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/24.3756

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear integer programmingconstrained optimizationsequential unconstrained minimizationoptimal allocationrepairable systemsystem availabilityk-out-of-m systemsimplex search techniquespare units

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical mathematical programming methods (65K05) Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Integer programming (90C10) Nonlinear programming (90C30) Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research (90B25) Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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