Optimum Decision
Making in Asset
Management
María Carmen Carnero
University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain
Vicente González-Prida
University of Seville, Spain
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Names: Carnero, Maria Carmen, 1970- editor. | Gonzalez-Prida, Vicente, 1975-
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Title: Optimum decision making in asset management / Maria Carmen Carnero and
Vicente Gonzalez-Prida, editors.
Description: Hershey, PA : Business Science Reference, [2017] | Series:
Advances in logistics, operations, and management science | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016023216| ISBN 9781522506515 (hardcover) | ISBN
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Subjects: LCSH: Maintenance--Decision making. | Industrial
equipment--Maintenance and repair--Management. | Public works--Management.
| Capital--Management. | Operations research.
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