...Azmat Ullah; Muhammad Ayat; Hakeem Ur Rehman; Lochan Kumar Batala Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a model that determines whether how much effort of preventive maintenance action is worthwhile for the consumer over the post-sale product life cycle of a repairable complex product...

... Group Publishing Limited 2008 Tests and testing Product life cycle x₀, x₁, x₂=stresses (design, low and high) ξ=extrapolation factor where ξ=(x₁−x_0)/(x2...

... to solve a system of nonlinear equations and a finite‐difference approximation to the Jacobian. However, the choice of the parameter initial values, that is ( Monte Carlo simulation Inspection Product specification Product life cycle Quality control During the past 20 years, the competitive...

... and shortening product life cycles. At the same time the manufacturers in these industries appear to have more problems with maintaining high quality levels. This paper aims to develop a methodology to study the effects of these developments on quality management systems. Design/methodology/approach At three...

... planning Electronics Component manufacture Product life cycle Exponential forecasting Because X is the sum of n random variables (X_j) taken from an exponential distribution with mean λ unit times, hence X possesses a gamma distribution with parameters...