Burn-in and imperfect preventive maintenance strategies for warranted products

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-218

  Shafiee, M ^a   Finkelstein, M ^b,c   Chukova, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bathtub failure rate; Burn in; Cost models; Imperfect preventive maintenance; Virtual age; Warranty

Indexed keywords

BATHTUB FAILURE RATE; BURN-IN; COST MODELS; IMPERFECT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; VIRTUAL AGE; WARRANTY;

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 80051930117     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748006X11398584     Document Type: Article

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