Analysis of Reliability and Warranty Claims in Products With Age and Usage Scales
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چکیده
Failures or other adverse events in systems or products may depend on the age and usage history of the unit. This paper present models that may be used to assess the dependence on age or usage in heterogeneous populations of products, and shows how to estimate model parameters based on different types of observational field data. The setting where the events in question are warranty claims is examined in some detail. Applications to the analysis of automobile warranty data are considered and used to illustrate the methodology.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Technometrics
دوره 51 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009