ESTIMATING MEAN CUMULATIVE FUNCTIONS FROM TRUNCATED AUTOMOTIVE WARRANTY DATA

Series on Quality, Reliability and Engineering Statistics Vol. 10: Modern Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Reliability

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 121-135

  Chukova, S ^a   Robinson, J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

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