Article ID: | iaor20071119 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 44 |
Issue: | 11/12 |
Start Page Number: | 963 |
End Page Number: | 972 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2006 |
Journal: | Mathematical and Computer Modelling |
Authors: | Jardine A.K.S., Jiang X., Lugitigheid D. |
Keywords: | programming: dynamic |
Under a free replacement warranty policy, the manufacturer has the option of rectifying a failure by either repairing the failed item or replacing it with a new one. Jack and van der Duyn Schouten made a conjecture on the optimality of an age-limit policy: there exists a control limit AL(