An overview on reliability, availability, maintainability and supportability (RAMS) engineering

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-344

  Saraswat, S ^a   Yadava, G S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Maintenance; Reliability management; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549134231     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710810854313     Document Type: Article

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