Optimal buffer inventory and opportunistic preventive maintenance under random production capacity availability

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 686-696

  Zequeira, Romulo I ^a   Valdes, Jose E ^b   Berenguer, Christophe ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Buffer inventory; Imperfect production; Opportunistic maintenance; Preventive maintenance; Random production capacity availability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BUFFER INVENTORY; IMPERFECT PRODUCTION; OPPORTUNISTIC MAINTENANCE; RANDOM PRODUCTION CAPACITY AVAILABILITY;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 37449014885     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.02.037     Document Type: Article

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