Optimal design of accelerated life testing plans for periodical replacement with penalty

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-32

  Liao, Haitao ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Optimal testing plans; Periodical replacement

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING; CUSTOMER CONCERNS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ESTIMATION RESULTS; MAINTENANCE DECISIONS; MAINTENANCE INTERVALS; MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS; MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES; NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; OPTIMAL TEST PLANS; OPTIMAL TESTING PLANS; PERIODICAL REPLACEMENT; PRACTICAL USE; QUICK APPROACHES; SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENTS; VIABLE SOLUTIONS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TESTING;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 60349128701     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20326     Document Type: Article

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