Strategies for feedback on reliability and robustness from automobile warranty data

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-290

  Rai, Bharatendra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

customer concerns; geographic plots; hazard rate; noise factors; parameter diagram; warranty data

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952597879     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2009.024201     Document Type: Article

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