Simulation model for determining inspection frequency

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 685-696

  Alfares, Hesham ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COSTS; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

INSPECTION FREQUENCY; SIMULATION MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0033161864     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(99)00159-x     Document Type: Article

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