In this paper we consider a block replacement model in which a component can be replaced preventively at maintenance opportunities only. Maintenance opportunities occur randomly and are modelled through a renewal process. In the first, theoretical part of the paper we derive an optimality

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Dekker, R., & Smeitink, E. (1991). Opportunity-based block replacement: the single component case. European Journal of Operational Research, 46–63. doi:10.1016/0377-2217(91)90092-A