Learning to improve reliability during system development

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 495-509

  Walls, Lesley ^a   Quigley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICS;

AEROSPACE MANUFACTURER; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY GROWTH;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033329005     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00149-6     Document Type: Article

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