Analysis of decisions involved in offering a product warranty

Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 187-192

  LeBlanc, Bryan ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reliability; Risk management; Warranty

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; COSTS; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTAINABILITY; NETWORK SECURITY; PRODUCT DESIGN; RELIABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SALES;

DECISION MODELING; DEFENSE CONTRACTOR; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; NET PRESENT VALUE; RELIABILITY ENGINEERS; RISK ANALYSIS TOOLS; RISK AND OPPORTUNITY; WARRANTY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650302037     PISSN: 0149144X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMS.2008.4925793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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