Analysing event data from a repairable machine subject to imperfect preventive maintenance

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 183-186

  Jack, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Event data; Maximum likelihood techniques; Preventive maintenance

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; PERFORMANCE; PREVENTION; REPAIR;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0031176576     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199707)13:4<183::AID-QRE104>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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