Optimal Burn-in for minimizing total warranty cost

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

Volumn E91-A, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 633-641

  Cha, Ji Hwan ^a   Yamamoto, Hisashi ^b   Yun, Won Young ^c  

^a Puky ong National University   (South Korea)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bathtub shaped failure rate function; Complete repair; Eventually increasing failure rate function; General failure model; Minimal repair; Optimal burn in; Upper bound

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; REPAIR;

BATHTUB SHAPED FAILURE RATE FUNCTION; BURN-IN; EVENTUALLY INCREASING FAILURE RATES; GENERAL FAILURE MODEL; MINIMAL REPAIR; UPPER BOUND;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951174102     PISSN: 09168508     EISSN: 17451337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e91-a.2.633     Document Type: Article

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