Optimal inspection and maintenance for a repairable k-out-of-n: G warm standby system

In many cases, the safety and the reliability of a warm standby system heavily rely on the successful activation and the subsequent operation of its standby components. Optimal inspection and maintenance schedule is one of the most common but essential activities in the real world applications to manage standbys effectively and efficiently. In this paper, we propose a novel state-based method by incorporating inspection activities into...