Cache replacement policies are developed to help insure optimal use of limited resources. Varieties of such algorithms exist with relatively few that dynamically adapt to traffic patterns. Algorithms that are tunable typically utilize offline training mechanisms or trial-and-error to determine optimal characteristics. Utilizing multiple algorithms to establish an efficient replacement policy th...

Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) is often used to identify the latent defects for the printed circuit boards (PCBs) during the early stage of the product development process. The inconsistency in executing HALT may not reveal the maximum amount of design weaknesses or intermittent failures, which would eventually lead to the premature product failure in the field and incur additional warr...

The block replacement policy with no replacement at failure means that a unit is always replaced at fixed time, but not replaced at failure. In this paper, the lifetime of the unit is assumed to be an uncertain variable, the model of expected cost per unit time following no replacement at failure policy is proposed, and the existence condition of the optimal replacement time is given. Furthermo...

A Summary Service plans are a type of warranty contract under which retailers promise to repair or replace products for consumers. Separate from manufacturers' warranty policies, which typically come bundled with the products, and also known as service contracts, protection plans, or retailer extended warranties, retailers' service plans are optional and usually offer broader and more prolonged...

Abstract In this paper, a repairable system of a monotone process model for a one-component multistate degenerative system with (k + 1) states(k-failure states and one working state) is studied. Also an alternative model, called the Negligible Or Non-Negligible (NONN) repair times introduced by Thangaraj and Rizwan (2001) is incorporated in this model to develop some new repair models. A replac...

OBJECTIVE To examine patterns of ever smoking among Finnish adults by gender and birth cohort from 1978 to 2001, with special emphasis on the possible effects of the 1976 Tobacco Control Act (TCA). METHODS The data were derived from independent, annual cross sectional postal surveys among 15-64 year olds (n = 91,342), average response rate 75%. For the analyses 13 five year birth cohorts from...