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Burn-in policies for products having dormant states

Wu, S. and Clements-Croome, D. (2007) Burn-in policies for products having dormant states. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 92 (3). pp. 278-285. ISSN 0951-8320

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.04.003

Abstract/Summary

Many systems might have a long time dormant period, during which the systems are not operated. For example, most building services products are installed while a building is constructed, but they are not operated until the building is commissioned. Warranty terms for such products may cover the time starting from their installation times to the end of their warranty periods. Prior to the commissioning of the building, the building services products are protected by warranty although they are not operating. Developing optimal burn-in policies for such products is important when warranty cost is analysed. This paper considers two burn-in policies, which incur different burn-in costs, and have different burn-in effects on the products. A special case about the relationship between the failure rates of the products at the dormant state and at the operating state is presented. Numerical examples compare the mean total warranty costs of these two burn-in policies.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of the Built Environment
ID Code:12453
Uncontrolled Keywords:burn-in, warranty policy, failure pattern, cost, reliability, WARRANTY, MODEL, COST, TIME

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