A Multi Objective Optimization Model for Redundancy Allocation Problems in Series-Parallel Systems with Repairable Components

Maghsoud Amiri, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management & Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran; e-mail: m.r.sadeghi61@gmail.com Ali Khatami Firoozabadi, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran Fattah Mikaeili, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

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