A general ordering policy with number-dependent minimal repair and random lead time

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 91, Issue , 1999, Pages 227-250

  Sheu, Shey Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Maintenance scheduling; Minimal repair; Ordering policy; Reliability; Replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033410871     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018997606622     Document Type: Article

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