Optimal stress screening strategies for multi-component systems sold under warranty: The case of phase-type lifetimes

DOI10.1023/A:1018989404805zbMath0958.90024OpenAlexW295323389MaRDI QIDQ1819277

Duane L. Dietrich, Edward A. Pohl

Publication date: 11 January 2000

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018989404805

zbMATH Keywords

phase-type distributionwarrantyrenewal functionmixed distributionsenvironmental stress screeninglife-cycle cost model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research (90B25) Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.) (60K10) Reliability and life testing (62N05)

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