Replacement-repair policy for multi-state deteriorating products under warranty

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 519-530

  Zuo, Ming J ^a   Liu, Bin ^b   Murthy, D N P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; REPAIR;

WARRANTY;

PRODUCT LIABILITY;

EID: 0033736951     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00107-1     Document Type: Article

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