Modern approaches to product reliability improvement

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 27-41

  Ahmed, Josim U ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Improvement; Product reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003136269     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719610116063     Document Type: Article

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