Inspection schedules when the lifetime distribution of a single-unit system is completely unknown

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 106-115

  Leung, Francis Kit Nam ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Inspection density; Maintenance; Minimax; Replacement

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCHEDULING;

CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; SINGLE-UNIT SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035401089     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(00)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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