A hybrid analytical-simulation approach for maintenance optimization of deteriorating equipment: Case study of wind turbines

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-86

  Kahrobaee, Salman ^a   Asgarpoor, Sohrab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Maintenance; Monte Carlo simulation; Optimization; Semi Markov decision processes; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL AND SIMULATION MODEL; MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMUM MAINTENANCE STRATEGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEMI-MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; SYSTEM AVAILABILITY;

AVAILABILITY; DETERIORATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EQUIPMENT; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84880750980     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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