An extended model for optimal burn-in procedures

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-198

  Cha, Ji Hwan ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bathtub shaped failure rate function; Complete repair; Eventually increasing failure rate function; General failure model; Minimal repair; Optimal burn in; Upper bound

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; REPAIR;

BATHTUB-SHAPED FAILURE RATE FUNCTION; GENERAL FAILURE MODEL; OPTIMAL BURN-IN;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745209228     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2006.874921     Document Type: Article

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