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Reliability of production systems

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Handbook of Management under Uncertainty

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In order for a factory to carry out its production there must be some capital goods functioning in the best possible conditions so as to guarantee the quality of its products and their delivery timing, etc. Reliability is the technique used to study the availability of the different resources.

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Gento, A.M., Redondo, A. (2001). Reliability of production systems. In: Gil-Aluja, J. (eds) Handbook of Management under Uncertainty. Applied Optimization, vol 55. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0285-8_11

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