Optimisation of a single-component maintenance system: a smoothed perturbation analysis approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 181-190

  Heidergott, Bernd ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REPAIR; VALUE ENGINEERING;

MINIMAL REPAIR; SINGLE COMPONENT MAINTENANCE SYSTEM; SMOOTHED PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MINIMAL REPAIR;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0033321393     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00333-6     Document Type: Article

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