A modeling framework for assessing the impact of new time/mileage warranty limits on the number and cost of automotive warranty claims

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-169

  Rai, Bharatendra ^a   Singh, Nanua ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims per thousand; Empirical hazard plot; Incremental cost per repair; Mileage accumulation; Repeat claims as a proportion of first claims; Warranty coverage

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

CLAIMS PER THOUSAND; EMPIRICAL HAZARD PLOT; INCREMENTAL COST PER REPAIR; MILEAGE ACCUMULATION; REPEAT CLAIMS AS A PROPORTION OF FIRST CLAIMS; WARRANTY COVERAGE;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 11844303451     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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