The signal model: A model for competing risks of opportunistic maintenance

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 665-673

  Bedford, Tim ^a   Dewan, Isha ^b   Meilijson, Isaac ^c   Zitrou, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Maintenance; Reliability; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MAINTENANCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY;

COMPETING RISKS; DEPENDENCE STRUCTURES; FAILURE DISTRIBUTIONS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MAINTENANCE DECISIONS; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; OPPORTUNISTIC MAINTENANCE; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84255163479     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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