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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Whole life costing"”.
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Whole life costing optimisation with integrated logistics support considerations.
… when considering complex systems with long life-span, the optimisation of maintenance-related activities is important to fulfil system readiness, safety and whole life cost requirements. Modern petroleum equipment like gas turbines and drilling rigs are dependent on readily available …
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An integrated fuzzy approach to whole life costing based decision making.
Whole life costing (WLC) has had little impact on the decision making process to date. The main contention of this research has been that almost all published WLC methodologies fall short from dealing effectively with various facets of uncertainty associated with WLC modelling. WLC data is fraught …
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A framework for knowledge capture and recovery in whole life costing practice.
In spite of the benefits of implementing whole life costing technique as a valuable approach for comparing alternative building designs allowing operational cost benefits to be evaluated against any initial cost increases and also as part of procurement in the construction industry, its adoption …
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Renewable energy technologies assessment in providing sustainable electricity to Nigerian rural areas.
… grid extension (GE) systems have been assessed. Whole Life Costing (WLC) and interview methods have been used to evaluate the economics of various capacities of BETs and GE systems, and assessed suitability of BETs respectively. Typical findings revealed that all the BETs capacities evaluated …