Abstract: | We consider a general repair process where the virtual age Vi after the ith repair is given by Vi = ?(Vi?1 + Xi), ?(·) is a specified repair functional, and Xi is the time between the (i ? 1)th and ith repair. Some monotonicity and dominance properties are derived, and an equilibrium process is considered. A computational method for evaluating the expected number/density of repairs is described together with an approximation method for obtaining some parameters of the equilibrium process. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 45: 391–405, 1998 |