Maintenance policy performance assessment in presence of imprecision based on Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence

Information Sciences

Volumn 245, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-131

  Baraldi, P ^a   Compare, M ^a   Zio, E ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Dempster Shafer Theory of Evidence (DSTE); Maintenance; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY OF EVIDENCE; LUBRICATING SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE PERFORMANCE; MAINTENANCE POLICY; PROBABILITY THEORY; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLANNING;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84880258509     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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