Optimum 3-step step-stress tests

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-345

  Khamis, Imad H ^a   Higgins, James J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life test; Compound linear plan; Maximum likelihood; Step stress test

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE; STRESSES;

ACCELERATED LIFE TEST; COMPOUND LINEAR PLAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; STEP STRESS TEST;

MECHANICAL TESTING;

EID: 0030172155     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.510823     Document Type: Article

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