THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS
AND ITS APPLICATIONS

The Institute of

MATHEMATICS

and its Applications

Proceedings of MIMAR 2007 –

6^th IMA International Conference on

MODELLING IN INDUSTRIAL

MAINTENANCE AND

RELIABILITY

(10 - 11 September 2007, The Lowry Centre, Salford Quays,

Manchester, UK)

Organised with the Centre for Operational Research and Applied Statistics,

Salford Business School, University of Salford

Editors: Matthew Carr, Philip Scarf and Wenbin Wang

© 2007 The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, all rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-905091-19-1

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