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Burn-in policies for products having dormant states

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  • Wu, Shaomin
  • Clements-Croome, Derek

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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.

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  • Wu, Shaomin & Clements-Croome, Derek, 2007. "Burn-in policies for products having dormant states," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 92(3), pages 278-285.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:92:y:2007:i:3:p:278-285
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.04.003
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    1. Shafiee, Mahmood & Chukova, Stefanka, 2013. "Maintenance models in warranty: A literature review," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 229(3), pages 561-572.
    2. Wu, Shaomin, 2011. "Warranty claim analysis considering human factors," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 96(1), pages 131-138.
    3. M Shafiee & M Finkelstein & S Chukova, 2011. "Burn-in and imperfect preventive maintenance strategies for warranted products," Journal of Risk and Reliability, , vol. 225(2), pages 211-218, June.

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