Functional product system availability: Simulation-driven design and operation through coupled multi-objective optimisation

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-131

  Löfstrand, Magnus ^a   Andrews, John ^b   Karlberg, Magnus ^a   Karlsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; BDDs; Binary decision diagrams; Cost; Functional product development; Multi objective optimisation; Performance simulations; Petri nets; Product service system; Productivity; PSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952395764     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2011.038868     Document Type: Article

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