A sequential method for preventive maintenance and replacement of a repairable single-unit system

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1276-1283

  Lai, K K ^a   Leung, K N F ^a   Tao, B ^b   Wang, S Y ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Corrective maintenance; Loss; Preventive maintenance; Replacement; Sequential method

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SINGLE UNIT SYSTEMS;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0035505787     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601218     Document Type: Article

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