Availability optimisation of repairable system with preventive maintenance policy

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 655-664

  Xu, Houbao ^a   Hu, Weiwei ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrective maintenance; Preventive maintenance; Steady availability

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CAUCHY PROBLEM; CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS; STEADY AVAILABILITY;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 42149108576     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720701872057     Document Type: Article

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