An Optimal Reprofiling Policy for High-Speed Train Wheels Subject to Wear and External Shocks Using a Semi-Markov Decision Process - Mingcheng, E.; Li, Bing; Jiang, Zengqiang; Li, Qi (IEEE transactions on reliability, 2018)
Keywords: Condition monitoring; Degradation; External shocks; High speed rail; Inspection; Iterative algorithms; Iterative methods; Maintenance costs; Maintenance engineering; Maintenance management; Markov analysis; Markov chains; Optimization; policy-iteration algorithm; Rail transportation; Railroad wheels; reprofiling policy; Safety; semi-Markov decision process (SMDP); Service life; Vehicle wheels; Wear; Wheels