Optimizing the performance of a repairable system under a maintenance and repair contract

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 943-960

  Lugtigheid, Diederik ^a   Jardine, Andrew K S ^a   Jiang, Xiaoyue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Criticality; Maintenance and repair contract; Maintenance optimization; Proportional hazards model; Repairable system; Risk

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ANALYSIS;

CRITICALITY; MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPAIR CONTRACTS; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS;

REPAIR;

EID: 37249047552     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.859     Document Type: Article

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