Parametric programming approach for a two-unit repairable system with imperfect coverage, reboot and fuzzy parameters

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 498-506

  Ke, Jau Chuan ^a   Huang, Hsin I ^a   Lin, Chuen Horng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Imperfect coverage; Mathematical programming; Mean time to failure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PHASE SHIFT;

FUZZY SETS; IMPERFECT COVERAGE; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MEAN TIME TO FAILURE; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS;

MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

EID: 51449088013     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2008.927703     Document Type: Article

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