Block, H. W.; Borges, W. S.; Savits, T. H. A general age replacement model with minimal repair. (English) Zbl 0654.90029 Nav. Res. Logist. 35, No. 5, 365-372 (1988). A general age replacement is introduced which incorporates minimal repair, planned and unplanned replacements, and costs which depend on time. Finite and infinite horizon results are obtained. Various special cases are considered. Furthermore, a shock model with general cost structure is considered. Cited in 25 Documents MSC: 90B25 Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research Keywords:general age replacement; minimal repair; planned and unplanned replacements; Finite and infinite horizon; shock model PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{H. W. Block} et al., Nav. Res. Logist. 35, No. 5, 365--372 (1988; Zbl 0654.90029) OpenURL