Bounds to optimal burn-in and optimal work size

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-239

  Cha, Ji Hwan ^a   Mi, Jie ^b  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathtub shaped failure rate; Eventually increasing failure rate; Initially decreasing failure rate; Optimal burn in time; Optimal work size

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

BATHTUB-SHAPED FAILURE RATES; EVENTUALLY INCREASING FAILURE RATES; INITIALLY DECREASING FAILURE RATES; OPTIMAL BURN-IN TIME; OPTIMAL WORK SIZE;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 21244444692     PISSN: 15241904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asmb.550     Document Type: Article

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