Multiobjective design of equivalent accelerated life testing plans

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-538

  Liao, Haitao ^a   Li, Zhaojun ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing plan; DEA; Equivalency; Multiobjective decision making; NSGA II; SOM

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING PLAN; DEA; EQUIVALENCY; MULTIOBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING; NSGA-II; SOM;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TESTING;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 64249104890     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539308003209     Document Type: Article

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