Optimal procedures for stochastically failing equipment

Jon H. Folkman, Sidney C. Port

ResearchPublished 1965

An investigation of the problem of optimal maintenance procedures for a complex system. The Memorandum is concerned with maximizing the probabilities of having a system like the Apollo vehicle in working state after it has arrived on the moon, taking into account the difficulties of replacement of parts, the limited number of spare parts that can be carried, and the specified time of departure from the moon. The abstract formulation of the problem is applicable, however, to a variety of systems. 31 pp.

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Folkman, Jon H. and Sidney C. Port, Optimal procedures for stochastically failing equipment. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1965. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4598.html.
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