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Original Articles

A generalised maintenance policy with age-dependent minimal repair cost for a system subject to shocks under periodic overhaul

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Pages 1007-1013 | Received 19 Dec 2007, Accepted 16 Oct 2008, Published online: 01 Mar 2010

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