Optimal inspection and mission abort policies for systems subject to degradation

• Published in: European journal of operational research Vol. 292; no. 2; pp. 610 - 621
• Main Authors: Zhao, Xian, Sun, Jinglei, Qiu, Qingan, Chen, Ke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 16.07.2021
• Subjects: Markov decision process; Mission abort; Mission reliability; System survivability; Markov decision process; Mission reliability; Mission abort; System survivability

•Dynamic condition based mission abort policies for systems subject to degradation are developed.•The structural properties of the optimal abort policies are investigated.•The detailed comparison between the optimal policy and several heuristic policies are conducted.•Mission reliability and system...