Burn-in and the performance quality measures in heterogeneous populations

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-280

  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; Heterogeneous population; Performance quality measures; Reliability; Stochastically ordered subpopulations

Indexed keywords

BATHTUB SHAPED FAILURE RATE; BURN-IN; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DEFECTIVE ITEMS; ENGINEERING METHODS; FAILURE RATE FUNCTIONS; FIELD OPERATION; HETEROGENEOUS POPULATIONS; NEW MODEL; PERFORMANCE QUALITY; STOCHASTICALLY ORDERED SUBPOPULATIONS;

EID: 78650416758     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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