Estimation of future breakdowns to determine optimal warranty policies for products with deterioration

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-168

  Huang, Yeu Shiang ^a   Zhuo, Yi Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Deterioration; Minimal repair; Nonhomogeneous Poisson process; Warranty policy

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COSTS; CURVE FITTING; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INTEGRATION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SALES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MINIMAL REPAIR; NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESSES; WARRANTY POLICY;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 2142817160     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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