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We consider a continuously monitored system that gradually and stochastically deteriorates. An alarm threshold is set on the system deterioration level for triggering a delayed preventive maintenance operation. A mathematical model is developed to find the value of the alarm threshold that minimizes the asymptotic unavailability. Approximations are derived to improve the numerical optimization.
Bérenguer et al. (Thu,) studied this question.