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Original Articles

A Note On The Theory Of Replacement

Pages 107-128 | Received 24 Apr 1970, Published online: 25 May 2016
 

Abstract

Most models of economic life to replacement of equipment liable to deterioration with age but not catastrophic failure may be reduced to a basic model. Serious errors could result from use of this model if economic life is sensitive to errors in estimates of its parameters or mistaken assumptions as to the functional relationships between costs and age. Results of an investigation into the sensitivity of economic life to such errors are presented in this paper. The extent to which the model adequately maps the real problem is also considered briefly

Résumé

La plupart des moèdles mathèmatiques servant à estimer la “vie économique” du materiel de remplacement sujet à une déterioration avec le temps mais non à un malfonctionnement catastrophique peuvent être reduits en un seul modèle mathématique de base. De graves erreurs pourraient découler de l’usage de ce modèle dans le cas où la vie économique du materiel impliqué est sensible aux erreurs d’estimation de ses paramètres ou à des suppositions fausses quant à la variation des coûts en fonction de l’âge. Les résultats d’une étude sur la seasibilité de la “vie économique” à de telles erreurs sont présentés dans cet exposé. L’étenduede précision relative du modéle y est aussi considférée briévement.

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David Toole

DAVID G. TOOLE was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1942. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1964 with a B SC in Mechanical Engineering. He worked for Domtar Packaging until 1967, when he was awarded an Athlone Fellowship for study in England. Upon graduation from The Gity University with an M sc specializing in Operational Research, he returned to Domtar Fine Papers to work on production and inventory systems. His current position is in Domtar Limited, the parent company, in the area of computerized corporate financial models and financial analysis..

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