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Title: Glossary of formal operations

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to establish definitions for the terms used in the planning, development, and implementation of a formal operations program at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10117517
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-93-3760-Rev.
ON: DE95005582; TRN: 95:001736
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 5 Jan 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; LANL; DICTIONARIES; OPERATION; MAINTENANCE; PLANNING; 420200; 990100; FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND TECHNIQUES; MANAGEMENT

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Cort, G., Donahue, S., Frank, J., Perkins, B., and Wrye, J.. Glossary of formal operations. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/10117517.
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