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A stationary server system with observable degradation is considered. An optimization problem for choice of a time to begin a prophylactic repair of the system is being investigated. A mathematical problem is to choose a Markov time on a random process which is optimal with respect to some criterion. A necessary condition for the time to be optimal is such that it determines a unique solution for...