OPERATIONS RESEARCH (OR) BETTER MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

TO DETERMINE OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF MAINTENANCE STATIONS FOR SNOW REMOVAL, A MATHEMATICAL MODEL WAS DEVELOPED TO TEST RELATIONSHIPS OF SUCH VARIABLES AS WEATHER, TRUCK SPEED, DISTANCE TO THE JOB, COST OF OPERATION, AND LEVEL OF SERVICE. ORIGINALLY A LARGER MODEL WAS DEVELOPED; HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF SMALLER MODELS HAD TO BE DEVELOPED FOR EACH FUNCTION, WHEN THE LARGER MODEL PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH FOR THE COMPUTER TO HANDLE. TWO MODELS - SANDING AND PLOWING-ARE MENTIONED BRIEFLY TO ILLUSTRATE THAT QUITE A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS (FUNDING IS GIVEN AS AN EXAMPLE) AND VARIABLES WERE CONSIDERED.

  • Corporate Authors:

    The Highwayman

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  • Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

  • Features: Photos;
  • Pagination: p. 2-3
  • Serial:
    • Volume: 22
    • Issue Number: 3

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00219031
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Aug 15 1973 12:00AM