A stochastic model on an additional warranty service contract

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-188

  Rinsaka, Koichiro ^a   Sandoh, Hiroaki ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expected profit; Expected utility; Optimal strategy; Replacement; Warranty contract

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EXPECTED PROFIT; EXPECTED UTILITY; OPTIMAL STRATEGY; REPLACEMENT; WARRANTY CONTRACT;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY;

EID: 33244467923     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2005.11.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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