Modelling in the absence of data: A case study of fleet maintenance in a developing country

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-260

  Desa, M I ^a   Christer, A H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bus fleet; Case study; Delay time concept; Developing countries; Maintenance modelling; Snapshot modelling

Indexed keywords

BUS BREAKDOWN RATE; DELAY TIME CONCEPT; FLEET MAINTENANCE; SNAPSHOT ANALYSIS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLEET OPERATIONS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035280608     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601107     Document Type: Article

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