Point availability of a robot-safety device

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 143-148

  Vanderperre, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Long run availability; Point availability; Risky state; Robot; Safety device

Indexed keywords

LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS;

LONG-RUN AVAILABILITY; ROBOT-SAFETY DEVICES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035303534     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6377(01)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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