Modeling the reliability of repairable systems in the aviation industry

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 51-63

  Weckman, G R ^a   Shell, R L ^b   Marvel, J H ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maintenance planning; Non homogenous Poisson process; Reliability modeling; Repairable systems; Weibull process

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; DATA REDUCTION; JET ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; REPAIR; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0035371060     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-8352(00)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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