An effective maintenance system using the analytic hierarchy process

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-98

  Labib, Ashraf W ^a   O'Connor, Richard F ^b   Williams, Glyn B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Soc Motor Manufacturers and Traders   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); MULTIPLE CRITERIA EVALUATION METHOD;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0031683233     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069810202005     Document Type: Article

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