RAM analysis of repairable industrial systems utilizing uncertain data

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1208-1221

  Komal, ^a   Sharma, S P ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy membership function; Genetic algorithms; Lambda Tau methodology; Ram analysis; Repairable system

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; LAMBDA-TAU METHODOLOGIES; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; RAM ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY , AVAILABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITIES; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS; SERIES-PARALLEL SYSTEM; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS;

MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

EID: 78049287203     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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