%0 Journal Article
%T An estimate of maintenance efficiency in Brown-Proschan imperfect repair model with bathtub failure intensity
%A Makram Krit
%A Abdelwaheb Rebai
%J Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.3926/jiem.314
%X Purpose: Estimate the maintenance efficiency in the Brown-Proschan model with the bathtub failure intensity. Design/methodology/approach: Empirical research through which we propose a framework to establish the characteristics of failure process and its influence on maintenance process. Findings: The main contribution of the present study is the reformulation of the Brown and Proschan model using the bathtub failure intensity Practical implications: Our model is defined by BP reformulation one using bathtub failure intensity. This form of intensity is presented like superposition of two NHPP and Homogeneous Poisson one. Originality/value: This is the follow on research on the study that employed the power-law-process type of failure intensity.
%K repairable system
%K reliability
%K bathtub failure intensity
%K virtual age
%K imperfect maintenance
%K estimation
%K likelihood
%U http://www.jiem.org/index.php/jiem/article/view/314