| Article ID: | iaor19921703 |
| Country: | France |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Start Page Number: | 203 |
| End Page Number: | 208 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1991 |
| Journal: | RAIRO Operations Research |
| Authors: | Viscolani Bruno |
| Keywords: | inspection |
This communication analyzes the problem of determining an optimum checking schedule over a finite horizon, for an equipment subject to failure, in order to minimize the expected cost due to inspections and failure. The paper refers to a known formulation of the problem, discussing the correctness of its proposed solution, and exhibiting some misunderstood aspects of it.