Modelling the magnitude of plant downtime: A tool for improving plant operations management

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-232

  Edwards, David J ^a   Yisa, Silas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breakdown duration; Linear interpolation; Plant operations management; Probability; Stochastic random numbers; Tracked hydraulic excavators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992954176     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021184     Document Type: Review

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