A Monte Carlo methodological approach to plant availability modeling with maintenance, aging and obsolescence

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-73

  Borgonovo, E ^a   Marseguerra, M ^a   Zio, E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Availability; Energy function; Monte Carlo simulation; Obsolescence; Optimization; Periodic maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009905769     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(99)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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