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The wheels are one of the most worn components on a train. When the wear is unacceptable, the re-profiling can restore the shape of the wheel flange with the cost of decreasing the wheel diameter. The decision of re-profiling has serious implications for the life span of wheels. In this paper,...
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A new policy, referred to as the condition-based replacement and spare provisioning policy, is presented for deteriorating systems with a number of identical units. It combines the condition-based replacement policy with periodical inspections and the (S,s) type inventory policy, noted as the...
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