Calculating the expected failure rate of complex equipment subject to hazardous repair

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-61

  Baker, Rose D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPAIR;

HAZARDOUS REPAIRS; RENEWAL EQUATIONS; VOLTERRA EQUATIONS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034249519     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(00)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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