Optimal price and pro rata decisions for combined warranty policies with different repair options

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 984-991

  Matis, Timothy I ^a   Jayaraman, Raja ^a   Rangan, Alagar ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Combined warranty; General repair; Minimal repair; Pro rata warranty

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FINANCE; MAINTENANCE; REPAIR;

COMBINED WARRANTY; GENERAL REPAIR; LENGTH DETERMINATION; MINIMAL REPAIR; OPTION SELECTION; PERIOD LENGTH; PRO RATA WARRANTY; PRODUCT PRICING; PROFIT FUNCTION; SECOND-ORDER CONDITIONS; STATIONARY POINTS; WARRANTY POLICIES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 49249111988     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170801971494     Document Type: Article

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