"Determining the Most Important Criteria in
Maintenance Decision Making"
Quality in Maintenance Engineering,
1997, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 16-28.
E. Triantaphyllou, B. Kovalerchuk, L. Mann, Jr. and G. Knapp
Abstract:
Many maintenance decisions require the evaluation of alternative
solutions in terms of complex maintenance criteria such as cost,
repairability, reliability and availability requirements. Such
problems can be formulated as multi-criteria decision making
problems. The relative importance of maintenance criteria is
difficult to be assessed, and therefore a sensitivity analysis
becomes a necessity. The sensitivity analysis approach presented
in this paper reveals some counter-intuitive results and can
considerably enhance the application of decision analysis in
complex maintenance management.
