Stochastically ordered subpopulations and optimal burn-In procedure

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 635-643

  Cha, Ji Hwan ^a   Finkelstein, Maxim ^b,c  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burn in procedure; main population; minimal repair; mixed population; ordered subpopulations; stochastic order; weighted risk

Indexed keywords

BURN-IN PROCEDURES; MAIN POPULATION; MINIMAL REPAIR; MIXED POPULATION; ORDERED SUBPOPULATIONS; STOCHASTIC ORDER; WEIGHTED RISK;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY THEORY; REPAIR; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78649766483     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2010.2055925     Document Type: Article

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