A systematic approach to determine the optimal maintenance policy for an automated manufacturing system

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-233

  Chien, T William ^a,c,d,e,f   Lin, Chinho ^a,b,g   Sphicas, Georghios ^a,c,g,h,i  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INFORMS   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

ⁱ POMS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automated manufacturing system; Maintenance policy; Regression metamodel; Taguchi design

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MAINTENANCE POLICY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031176110     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1638(199707)13:4<225::aid-qre106>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Article

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