Simulation of an integrated age replacement and spare provisioning policy using SLAM

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-138

  Kabir, A B M Zohrul ^a   Farrash, S H A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

BARLOW-PROSCHAN AGE POLICY; INTEGRATED AGE REPLACEMENT; MAXIMUM STOCK LEVEL; SPARE PART PROVISIONING POLICY; STOCK REORDER LEVEL;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030149180     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(96)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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