Shocks as burn-in in heterogeneous populations

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-340

  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

Accelerated burn in; Burn in; Heterogeneous populations; Shocks; Total expected cost

Indexed keywords

BATHTUB FAILURE RATE; BURN-IN; DECREASING FAILURE RATE; EARLY FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPECTED COSTS; FAILURE RATE; HETEROGENEOUS POPULATIONS; LIFE-TIME DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMAL LEVEL; SHOCKS; SURVIVAL MODEL; TIME INTERVAL;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; STATISTICS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862611338     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2010.526742     Document Type: Article

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