A stochastic programming model for scheduling maintenance personnel

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 385-397

  Duffuaa, S O ^a   Al Sultan, K S ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Maintenance scheduling; Stochastic programming

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MACHINERY; MAINTENANCE; PERSONNEL; SCHEDULING;

MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0033132227     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(98)10009-4     Document Type: Article

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