Maximization of system reliability with a choice of redundancy strategies

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 535-543

  Coit, David W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY;

SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038136659     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170304420     Document Type: Article

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