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Cost analysis and extension of a simple maintenance‐scheduling heuristic

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  • Peter Kelle
  • Edward A. Silver
  • Glen F. Murphy

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Practitioners of maintenance scheduling sometimes use a simple analytic formula, derived based on inspection scheduling, as a heuristic to determine the length of the preventive maintenance period. The sensitivity of this heuristic solution is analyzed and the cost penalties are calculated compared to the exact solution that utilizes the lifetime distribution in the derivation of the optimal preventive maintenance period. A simple extension of the heuristic is suggested to improve the approximation with a slightly increased computational effort. The sensitivity and cost analysis of the improved heuristic are discussed as well. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Peter Kelle & Edward A. Silver & Glen F. Murphy, 1994. "Cost analysis and extension of a simple maintenance‐scheduling heuristic," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 41(7), pages 945-958, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navres:v:41:y:1994:i:7:p:945-958
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6750(199412)41:73.0.CO;2-U
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    1. M. Hariga & M. Ben‐Daya, 1998. "Note: The economic manufacturing lot‐sizing problem with imperfect production processes: Bounds and optimal solutions," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(4), pages 423-433, June.

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