Burn-in for systems operating in a shock environment

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 721-728

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

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burn in; combined burn in procedure; competing risks; environmental shocks; optimal severity; shock burn in

Indexed keywords

BURN-IN; BURN-IN PROCEDURES; COMPETING RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS; OPTIMAL SEVERITY; SHOCK BURN-IN;

OPTIMIZATION;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 82455208857     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2011.2161153     Document Type: Article

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