Some probability functions in reliability and their applications

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-135

  Cha, Ji Hwan ^a   Mi, Jie ^b  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathtub shape function; Change points; General failure model; Inspection policy; Resource allocation policy; Type II failure probability

Indexed keywords

BATHTUB SHAPE FUNCTIONS; CHANGE POINTS; GENERAL FAILURE MODELS; INSPECTION POLICY; OPTIMAL INSPECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION POLICY; TYPE II FAILURE PROBABILITY;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 33847713692     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20192     Document Type: Article

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