Optimal burn-in time and warranty length under fully renewing combination free replacement and pro-rata warranty

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 914-920

  Wu, Chin Chun ^a   Chou, Chao Yu ^b   Huang, Chikong ^c  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Burn in; Cost; Failure time; Warranty

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MARKETING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

PRODUCTION PROCESSES; WARRANTY LENGTHS; WARRANTY POLICIES;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 33847346526     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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