Multi-parameter maintenance optimisation via the marginal cost approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-197

  Dekker, R ^a   Plasmeijer, R P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maintenance; Optimization; Replacement

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MARGINAL-COST APPROACH;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035250227     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601072     Document Type: Article

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