Modelling automotive warranty claims with build-to-sale data uncertainty

International Journal of Reliability and Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-189

  Kleyner, Andre ^a   Sanborn, Keith ^a  

^a DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive warranty; Forecasting; Missing data; Stochastic simulation; Uncertainty; Warranty claims; Weibull analysis

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRODUCT DESIGN; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AUTOMOTIVE WARRANTY; MISSING DATA; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; UNCERTAINTY; WARRANTY CLAIMS; WEIBULL ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651531632     PISSN: 1479389X     EISSN: 14793903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRS.2008.021063     Document Type: Article

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