Warranty analysis: An approach to modeling imperfect repairs

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-68

  Chukova, S ^a   Arnold, R ^a   Wang, Dong Q ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accelerated distribution function; Delayed distribution function; Imperfect repair; Warranty

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ACCELERATED DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DELAYED DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; WARRANTY ANALYSIS;

PRODUCT LIABILITY;

EID: 1842635121     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00200-7     Document Type: Article

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