Optimization models for critical spare parts inventories-a reliability approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 992-1004

  Louit, D ^a   Pascual, R ^a   Banjevic, D ^b   Jardine, A K S ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inventory; non repairable parts; repairable parts; spare parts; stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

MACHINERY; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

INVENTORY; MINIMIZATION OF COSTS; NON-REPAIRABLE PARTS; OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA; RELIABILITY CALCULATION; REPAIRABLE PARTS; SPARE PARTS; SPARE PARTS INVENTORIES;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 79954505569     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.49     Document Type: Article

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