Analysis of warranty data with covariates

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

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Karim, M R ^a   Suzuki, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; missing covariates; reliability; warranty claims; Weibull regression model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993746857     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR56     Document Type: Article

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