Integrated framework to optimize RAM and cost decisions in a process plant

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 883-904

  Sharma, Rajiv Kumar ^a   Sharma, Pooja ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Availability; FMEA; Fuzzy sets; Maintainability; Process plants; System reliability

Indexed keywords

COST DECISIONS; CRISP OUTPUT; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EFFECTS ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; FMEA; FUZZY DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GREY RELATION ANALYSIS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; MULTI-STAGE; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PROCESS PLANTS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; RELIABILITY , AVAILABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITIES; RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM FAILURES; SYSTEM INFORMATION; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

AVAILABILITY; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; MAINTAINABILITY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84867653568     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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