On optimal burn-in procedures - A generalized model

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-206

  Cha, Ji Hwan ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bathtub shaped failure rate; Change point; General failure model; Optimal burn in time

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; THEOREM PROVING;

BATHTUB-SHAPED FAILURE RATE; BURN-IN PROCEDURES; CHANGE POINT; GENERAL FAILURE MODEL; OPTIMAL BURN-IN TIME;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 22444445093     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2005.845966     Document Type: Article

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