Applications of maintenance optimization models: A review and analysis

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-240

  Dekker, Rommert ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL;

MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION; OPERATIONAL COST;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0030106093     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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