Field-failure and warranty prediction based on auxiliary use-rate information

Technometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-159

  Hong, Yili ^a   Meeker, William Q ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cycles to failure; Multiple failure modes; Prediction intervals; Product reliability; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC VARIANCE; FAILURE MODEL; FIELD DATA; HUMAN LIVES; MULTIPLE FAILURE MODES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; POTENTIAL LOSS; PREDICTION INTERVAL; PREDICTION INTERVALS; PREDICTION METHODS; PRODUCT FAILURES; PRODUCT RELIABILITY; RATE MODELS; REAL TIME; TIME TO FAILURE; WARRANTY COSTS; WARRANTY PREDICTION; WARRANTY REPAIRS;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAILURE MODES; FORECASTING; INFORMATION USE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 77955324241     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/TECH.2010.09097     Document Type: Article

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