Optimal burn-in for minimizing total warranty period

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Abstract

Burn-in is a widely used method to improve the quality of products or systems after they have been produced. In this paper, optimal burn-in procedures for a system with two types of failure (i.e., minor and catastrophic failures) are investigated. A new system surviving burn-in time b is put into field operation and the system is used under a warranty policy under which the manufacturer agrees to provide a replacement system for any system that fails to achieve a lifetime of at least w. Upper bounds for optimal burn-in time minimizing the total expected warranty period are obtained under a more general assumption on the shape of the failure rate function which includes the bathtub shaped failure rate function as a special case. An illustrative example will also be presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2006, ESREL 2006 - Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk
Pages2319-2324
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2006
EventEuropean Safety and Reliability Conference 2006, ESREL 2006 - Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk - Estoril, Portugal
Duration: 18 Sep 200622 Sep 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2006, ESREL 2006 - Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk
Volume3

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Safety and Reliability Conference 2006, ESREL 2006 - Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityEstoril
Period18/09/0622/09/06

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