Estimating reliability characteristics in the presence of censored data: A case study in a light commercial vehicle manufacturing system

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1093-1102

  Regattieri, A ^a   Manzini, R ^a   Battini, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Censored data; Failure Process Modeling framework; Light commercial vehicle; Reliability analysis

Indexed keywords

CENSORED DATA; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; CRITICAL COMPONENT; EVALUATION PROCESS; FAILURE PROCESS; GENERAL APPROACH; HAZARD RATES; LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; NUMBER OF DATUM; RELIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; RELIABILITY ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY PARAMETERS; SERVICE DATA; TIME TO FAILURE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TAXICABS; TRUCKS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 77953911761     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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