Optimal replacement scheduling in multi-state series-parallel systems

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-162

  Levitin, Gregory ^a   Lisnianski, Anatoly ^a  

^a ISRAEL ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; RELIABILITY; SCHEDULING;

MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION; MULTI STATE SERIES PARALLEL SYSTEM; OPTIMAL REPLACEMENT SCHEDULING; PREVENTIVE REPLACEMENT;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033728866     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(200003/04)16:2<157::AID-QRE311>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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