The dynamics of aircraft degradation and mechanical failure

Journal of Transportation and Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  MacLean, Leonard ^a   Richman, Alex ^b   Larsson, Stig ^a   Richman, Vincent ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AlgoPlus Consulting Limited   (Canada)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft degradation and repair; Aircraft failures; Airline schedule reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944457991     PISSN: 10948848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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