A geometric process maintenance model with preventive repair

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 806-819

  Lam, Yeh ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AT QINHUANGDAO   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Failure repair; Geometric process; Maintenance problem; Preventive repair; Renewal reward process

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SERVICE LIFE;

FAILURE REPAIR; GEOMETRIC PROCESS; MAINTENANCE PROBLEM; PREVENTIVE REPAIR; RENEWAL REWARD PROCESS;

REPAIR;

EID: 34247537964     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.08.054     Document Type: Article

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