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In this chapter, we discuss the use of metamodels in analyzing maintenance float systems. Metamodels are, increasingly, being used in solving complex problems primarily because of there ease of use and tremendous appeal for practical purposes. Further, metamodels utilize the increasing power of PC-based simulations and statistical applications. Our focus here is on their application to maintenance float network problems. Maintenance float problems can be considered as part of closed queuing network problems. Such problems are very difficult to model analytically. With the use of simulation, we can better understand maintenance float problems and with metamodels, we may be able to provide some generalizations to the results obtained through simulation.
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Madu, C.N. (2000). Simulation Metamodeling of a Maintenance Float System. In: Ben-Daya, M., Duffuaa, S.O., Raouf, A. (eds) Maintenance, Modeling and Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4329-9_6
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