Perspectives and challenges for product reliability assurance in the product development process

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 4-16

  Yadav, Om Prakash ^a   Singh, Nanua ^b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Built in reliability concept; Product development; Product reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049097228     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2008.016367     Document Type: Article

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