Effective age of remanufactured products: An entropy approach

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0310081-0310089

  Pandey, Vijitashwa ^a   Thurston, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE RATE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS;

COMPLEX NATURE; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EFFECTIVE AGE; ENTROPY APPROACH; FAILURE RATE; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT TAKE-BACK; REMANUFACTURED PRODUCTS; REMANUFACTURING SYSTEM;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 77955225484     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3042146     Document Type: Article

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