A study of two-dimensional warranty policies with preventive maintenance

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-308

  Huang, Yeu Shiang ^a   Yen, Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Preventive maintenance; Price elasticity; Two dimensional warranty; Warranty elasticity

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; ELASTICITY; MAINTAINABILITY; MAINTENANCE; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; OPTIMAL WARRANTIES; PRICE ELASTICITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL WARRANTY; WARRANTY ELASTICITY; WARRANTY POLICIES;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 59749087037     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170802432967     Document Type: Article

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