Computational approximations of renewal process relating to a warranty problem: The case phase-type lifetimes

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(94)00331-9zbMath0914.90121MaRDI QIDQ1266526

Marion Spokony Smith, Edward P. C. Kao

Publication date: 7 October 1998

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(94)00331-9

zbMATH Keywords

renewal processes; phase-type lifetimes; product warranty policies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B25: Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research

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Replacement times and costs in a degrading system with several types of failure: the case of phase-type holding times, Some Analytical and Numerical Bounds on the Renewal Function

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