Expert system for aircraft maintenance services industry

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 348-358

  Cheung, Angus ^a   Ip, W H ^b   Lu, Dawei ^c  

^a Hong Kong International Airport   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Analytical hierarchy process; Maintenance; Resource management

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PERSONNEL;

AIRCRAFT MAINTENACE INDUSTRY; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); LABOR ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 25844500378     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510510626972     Document Type: Article

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