A modelling approach to railway track asset management

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-73

  Andrews, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asset management; degradation models; maintenance models; Petri nets; Railway track ballast

Indexed keywords

ASSET MANAGEMENT; BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); COMPLEX NETWORKS; MAINTENANCE; PETRI NETS; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS;

DEGRADATION MODEL; DEGRADATION PROCESS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; MAINTENANCE MODELS; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; RAILWAY NETWORK; RAILWAY TRACK;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84874630835     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: 20413017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954409712452235     Document Type: Article

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