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Fuzzy analysis for steady-state availability: a mathematical programming approach

Jau-Chuan Ke Department of Statistics, National Taichung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, 404, ROCCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hsin-I Huang Department of Information Management, National Taichung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, 404, ROC
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Chuen-Horng Lin Department of Information Management, National Taichung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, 404, ROC
Pages 909-921 | Received 06 Sep 2005, Published online: 26 Jan 2007

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