Reliability and warranties: Methods for product development and quality improvement

Reliability and Warranties: Methods for Product Development and Quality Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-191

  Thomas, Marlin U ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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