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The popularity of condition monitoring continues to grow despite evidence that it is not always the better policy over inspection at intervals. The paper provides simplified analyses based on Markov theory to help plant operators to choose between inspection and continuous monitoring policies.
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Sherwin, D.J. ‘Markov Models for Maintenance Policy Cost Comparisons: Continuous Monitoring Versus Inspections at Constant Rate’ 2nd National Reliability Conference, Birmingham, Paper No. 6A/3, 1979.
Sherwin, D.J. ‘Inspection Intervals for Condition-Maintained Items which Fail in an Obvious Manner’ IEEE Trans. Rely R-28, 2, April 1979.
Jardine, A.K.S. ‘Maintenance Replacement and Reliability’ Pitman 1973.
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Sherwin, D.J. (1989). Inspect or Monitor? — How to Choose Maintenance Policy by Matrix Algebra. In: Rao, R.B.K.N., Hope, A.D. (eds) COMADEM 89 International. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8905-7_47
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