Prediction of the demand of the railway sleepers: A simulation model for replacement strategies

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 81-82, Issue , 2003, Pages 589-595

  Yun, Won Young ^a   Ferreira, Luis ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cumulative exposure; Railway sleepers; Replacement; Simulation; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

RAILWAY SLEEPERS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037431658     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00299-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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