A cost sharing warranty policy for products with deterioration

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 617-627

  Huang, Yeu Shiang ^a   Fang, Chih Chiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Deterioration; Minimal repair; Nonhomogeneous poisson process (NHPP); Power law intensity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPETITION; DETERIORATION; MAINTENANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN DECISIONS; BREAKDOWN TIMES; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; DECISION PROBLEMS; EXPECTED PROFITS; HIGH COSTS; MARKET SHARES; MINIMAL REPAIR; NON HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESSES; NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS (NHPP); OPTIMAL WARRANTIES; PERIODIC PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCES; POWER LAW INTENSITY; RELEVANT INFORMATIONS; WARRANTY POLICIES;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 55349108904     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2008.927783     Document Type: Article

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