Performability-based fleet sizing in a material handling system

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 441-449

  Beamon, Benita M ^a   Chen, Victoria C P ^b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fleet size; Material handling; Performability; Regression

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLEET OPERATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

FLEET SIZE; MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM; REGRESSION MODEL;

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0031621492     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01304623     Document Type: Article

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