Field failure data: An alternative proposal for reliability estimation

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 851-862

  Marcorin, Adílson J ^a   Abackerli, Alvaro J ^a  

^a METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Field failure data; Non parametric inference; Reliability; Resampling methods

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BOOTSTRAP; FIELD FAILURE DATA; NON PARAMETRIC INFERENCE; RESAMPLING METHODS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 33750742720     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.768     Document Type: Article

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