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Age replacement policies are investigated. When a unit reaches age T, a preventive replacement is made. If a failure occurs prior to age T and if the random repair cost is less than a fixed constant, a minimal repair is made. Otherwise the unit is replaced at failure.
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Cléroux et al. (1979) studied this question.
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