Optimal system design considering maintenance and warranty

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 691-705

  Monga, Amit ^a,b,d   Zuo, Ming J ^b,c,e  

^a KPMG   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design for reliability; Genetic algorithms; Maintenance; Warranty

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SERIES-PARALLEL SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032162707     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(98)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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