Keyword: quality & reliability

Found 1322 papers in total
The level of service quality in the mobile telephony sector: the case of Mauritius
The level of service quality in the mobile telephony sector: the case of Mauritius
2008,
Competition has prompted firms to be more concerned with the quality of their service...
Reliability-based design optimization using a moment method and a kriging metamodel
Reliability-based design optimization using a moment method and a kriging metamodel
2008,
Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) has been used for optimizing engineering...
Reliability analysis of track circuit of Indian railway signalling system
Reliability analysis of track circuit of Indian railway signalling system
2007,
This paper deals with the reliability modelling of one of the vital subsystems of...
Design of accelerated degradation test with tightened critical values under random coefficient degradation rate model
Design of accelerated degradation test with tightened critical values under random coefficient degradation rate model
2008,
This paper presents accelerated degradation test plans considering adoption of...
A survey on network survivability models
A survey on network survivability models
2008,
Survivability of a network is one of the most important issues in designing...
Development of an Analytic Hierarchy Process with Quality Function Deployment (AHP-QFD) framework for designing a tourism product
Development of an Analytic Hierarchy Process with Quality Function Deployment (AHP-QFD) framework for designing a tourism product
2008,
A tourism product, characterised by its non-amenability to uniform product...
Sensitivity analysis of entropy-constrained designs of water distribution systems
Sensitivity analysis of entropy-constrained designs of water distribution systems
2008,
A study of the relationship between the statistical entropy and hydraulic reliability...
Synthetic control charts with two-stage sampling for monitoring bivariate processes
Synthetic control charts with two-stage sampling for monitoring bivariate processes
2007,
In this article, we consider the synthetic control chart with two-stage sampling (...
Characterization of a class of lifetime distributions
Characterization of a class of lifetime distributions
2006,
The author has previously introduced the ageing class MTFR (Mean Time to Failure or...
Multicriteria modeling for selection of preventive maintenance intervals, based on the multiattribute utility theory
Multicriteria modeling for selection of preventive maintenance intervals, based on the multiattribute utility theory
2005,
The problem of interval selection for preventive maintenance has been analysed through...
Coordinating a two-level supply chain with production interruptions to restore process quality
Coordinating a two-level supply chain with production interruptions to restore process quality
2008,
The classical inventory model, known as the lot size problem (LSP), assumes items...
A model of optimization for the integrated problem of sizing of lots and production programming in factories of soft drinks
A model of optimization for the integrated problem of sizing of lots and production programming in factories of soft drinks
2007,
The present paper establishes, describes mathematically and solves a multi-level lot...
Construction of a hierarchical regression model for data from SIMAVE-2000
Construction of a hierarchical regression model for data from SIMAVE-2000
2003,
The evaluation systems developed on the last decade keep a same main objective: to...
Comparative efficiency analysis of Portuguese bank branches
Comparative efficiency analysis of Portuguese bank branches
2007,
The advent of Internet banking and phone banking is changing the role of bank branches...
Bayesian assessment of the road maintenance process effectiveness of widespread renewal
Bayesian assessment of the road maintenance process effectiveness of widespread renewal
2007,
The Generalized Renewal Process (GRP) is a class of probabilistic models that handles...
Bayesian assessment of the variability of reliability measures
Bayesian assessment of the variability of reliability measures
2006,
Population variability analysis, also known as the first stage in two-stage Bayesian...
Analysis of a k-out-of-N system with spares, repairs, and a probabilistic rule
Analysis of a k-out-of-N system with spares, repairs, and a probabilistic rule
2006,
We consider a k-out-of-N reliability system with identical components having...
Cross-national reconstruction of managerial practices: TQM in Turkey
Cross-national reconstruction of managerial practices: TQM in Turkey
2007,
Drawing on the discursive and translative perspectives, we examine the discourse...
Extending the horizons: environmental excellence as key to improving operations
Extending the horizons: environmental excellence as key to improving operations
2006,
The view that adopting an environmental perspective on operations can lead to improved...
Global diffusion of ISO 9000 Certification through supply chains
Global diffusion of ISO 9000 Certification through supply chains
2006,
The ISO 9000 series of quality management systems standards is widely diffused, with...
How big is too big? Trading off the economies of scale of larger telecommunications network elements against the risk of larger outages
How big is too big? Trading off the economies of scale of larger telecommunications network elements against the risk of larger outages
2006,
This paper builds a probabilistic model to analyze the risk–reward tradeoffs...
The value of setup cost reduction and process improvement for the economic production quantity model with defects
The value of setup cost reduction and process improvement for the economic production quantity model with defects
2006,
This paper investigates the effect of imperfect yield on economic production quantity...
MBNQA criteria in education: assigning weights from a Malaysian perspective and proposition for an alternative evaluation scheme
MBNQA criteria in education: assigning weights from a Malaysian perspective and proposition for an alternative evaluation scheme
2007,
In order to improve quality and productivity among American companies, the Malcolm...
Reliability analysis and maintenance decision for railway sleepers using track condition information
Reliability analysis and maintenance decision for railway sleepers using track condition information
2007,
This paper describes the development of a model which can be used to evaluate the...
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