Optimum burn-in time for a bathtub shaped failure distribution

Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Bebbington, Mark ^a   Lai, Chin Diew ^a   Zitikis, Ričardas ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burn in; Inference; Mean residual life; Modified Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847776921     PISSN: 13875841     EISSN: 15737713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11009-006-9001-7     Document Type: Article

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