To maintain or not to maintain? What should a risk-averse decision maker do?

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-120

  Bardey, D ^a   Riane, F ^b   Artiba, A ^c   Eeckhoudt, L ^b  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons   (Belgium)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maintenance programmes; Preventive maintenance; Risk management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; REPAIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS; OPTIMAL FREQUENCIES; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS; RISK AVERSION POINT;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 21144445388     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510510601320     Document Type: Review

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