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Barata, J., Guedes Soares, C., Marseguerra, M. and Zio, E. (2002), “Simulation modelling of repairable multi-component deteriorating systems for ‘on condition’ maintenance optimisation”, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 76, pp. 255-264

The main purpose of this work is to model continuously-monitored deteriorating systems by using Monte Carlo Simulation. A non-repairable single component subjected to stochastic degradation is first considered. The modelling is then generalized to multi-component repairable systems. The effects of a preventive ‘on-condition’ maintenance strategy are investigated through the study of some desired reliability/availability characteristics. The estimation of these measures is illustrated through some numerical examples, whose results agree well reasonably with physical intuition.

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