Preventive maintenance in a 1 out of n system: The uptime, downtime and costs

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 565-583

  Smith, M A J ^a,b   Dekker, R ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maintenance; Optimisation; Reliability; Replacement

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COSTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; REPLACEMENT;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0031166049     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00321-9     Document Type: Article

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