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Computational Intelligence in Reliability Engineering

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  1. Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

    Sebastián Martorell

  2. Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

    Sofía Carlos

  3. Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

    José F. Villanueva

  4. Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

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Martorell, S., Carlos, S., Villanueva, J.F., Sánchez, A. (2007). Genetic Algorithm Applications in Surveillance and Maintenance Optimization. In: Levitin, G. (eds) Computational Intelligence in Reliability Engineering. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37368-1_3

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