The purpose of this paper is to study the role of the relevation transform, where a failed unit is replaced by a used unit with the same age as the failed one, as an alternative to the policy based on the replacement by a new one. In particular, we compare the stochastic processes arising from a policy based on the replacement of a failed unit by a new one and from the one in which the unit is being continuously subjected to a relevation policy. The comparisons depend on the aging properties of the units under repair.

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基于关联性和由新的一个单元替换的策略的可靠性比较

本文的目的是研究关联转换的作用，其中将失效的单元替换为与失效的单元具有相同年龄的使用过的单元，以替代基于新单元的替代策略。尤其是，我们比较了基于将故障单元替换为新单元的策略和对该单元连续执行关联策略的策略所产生的随机过程。比较取决于所维修单元的老化特性。