Asset maintenance management: State of the art in the European railways

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 171-186

  Zoeteman, Arjen ^a,b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Royal Institute of Engineers   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asset management; Infrastructure; Life cycle costing; Railways

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MANAGERS; RELIABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURES; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; RAILWAYS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33646258271     PISSN: 14753219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2006.009436     Document Type: Article

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