Minimizing cost-functions related to both burn-in and field-operation under a generalized model

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 435-439

  Sheu, Shey Huei ^a   Chien, Yu Hung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REPAIR; SERVICE LIFE;

ADDITIVE COST STRUCTURE; BATHTUB SHAPED FAILURE RATE; GENERAL FAILURE MODEL; MEAN RESIDUAL LIFE;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 4544302872     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2004.833316     Document Type: Article

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