Determining optimal warranty periods from the seller's perspective and optimal out-of-warranty replacement age from the buyer's perspective

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 631-637

  Chien, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

General repairable model; Minimal repair; Optimization; Replacement; Warranty

Indexed keywords

GENERAL REPAIRABLE MODEL; MINIMAL REPAIR; REPLACEMENT; WARRANTY;

COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; REPAIR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 29344451955     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720500219054     Document Type: Article

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