Bathtub functions and burn-in

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-507

  Block, Henry W ^a   Jong, Yi Kuan ^b   Savits, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

BATHTUB SHAPED FAILURE RATE; BURN-IN; EXPOSED TO; FAILURE RATE FUNCTIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; RELATED FUNCTIONS; SHORT PERIODS; SIGN-CHANGE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0012097493     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0269964899134065     Document Type: Article

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