The paper is devoted to theoretic and numeric investigation of a nonlinear integration equation with an unknown function in the upper limit of integration. This equation appears in optimal replacement problems of engineering and production economics. Its solution is essential for finding the optimal policy of equipment replacement under technological advances. Solvability and qualitative dynamics of the solution are analyzed. Computational algorithm for solving the equation is constructed. A numerical example illustrates the obtained results.
Affiliations
Prairie View A&M UniversityDepartment of Mathematics
Houston Baptist UniversityCollege of Business and Economics
Hritonenko, N., & Yatsenko, Y. (2009). Integral equation of optimal replacement: analysis and algorithms. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 33(6), 2737-2747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2008.08.007 (Original work published 2009)