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Improving maintenance and reducing building defects through ISO 9000
Low Sui Pheng, Darren WeeWhile ISO 9000 is undeniably the most prolific of all formal quality assurance (QA) standards, the experiences that the construction industry has had with it are at best mixed…
A risk‐based model for inspection and maintenance of cross‐country petroleum pipeline
P.K. DeyThe existing method of pipeline health monitoring, which requires an entire pipeline to be inspected periodically, is both time‐wasting and expensive. A risk‐based model that…
Repair contract decision model through additive utility function
Adiel Teixeira de AlmeidaA repair contract problem has been analysed. Each contract alternative implies in a specific cost of the contract and a commitment of repair time. The decision maker has to choose…
Cost‐optimized maintenance of the elevator – single unit case
Hajime Yamashina, Shunsuke OtaniElevator manufacturers are responsible for securing the safety and maintaining the performance, cleanliness and cosmetic appearance of the elevators which they sell.The purpose of…
Optimizing the repair‐time limit replacement schedule with discounting and imperfect repair
T. Dohi, A. Ashioka, S. Osaki, N. KaioIn this paper, we consider a repair‐time limit replacement problem with imperfect repair and develop a graphical method to determine the optimal repair‐time limit which minimizes…
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- Prof Salih O'Duffua