Robust maintenance policies for Markovian systems under model uncertainty

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Kuhn, Kenneth D ^a   Madanat, Samer M ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INFRASTUCTURE FACILITIES; MANAGEMENT POLICIES; MARKOVIAN SYSTEMS; ROBUST MAINTENANCE;

PUBLIC WORKS;

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC WORKS;

ALGORITHM; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT; MARKOV CHAIN;

EID: 33645964294     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2006.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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