TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Optimal testing of stand-by systems
JO  - Reliability engineering
A1  - Signoret, J.P.
A1  - Muron, O.
A1  - Cohen, G.
SP  - 127
EP  - 139
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
N2  - The optimal test policy for a safety stand-by system is considered. In this paper we introduce a closed loop policy: the tests are not fixed in advance but a testing decision can be taken at any time. The method of dynamic programming is used to find the optimal policy in the case of a single unit and of a two-unit redundant system. The results are compared with those that would be obtained in the case where the testing policy is fixed in advance.<p /> 
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SN  - 0143-8174
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0143-8174(83)90046-X
ID  - ref1
ER  -