Article ID: | iaor20002037 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 31 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 301 |
End Page Number: | 328 |
Publication Date: | Feb 1999 |
Journal: | Engineering Optimization |
Authors: | Yum Bong-Jin, Park Jong-In |
Keywords: | manufacturing industries, statistics: empirical |
Accelerated life tests (ALTs) and accelerated degradation tests (ADTs) are widely used for the reliability assessment of components or materials. In an ALT, failure times of test units are observed while in an ADT the failure-causing performance characteristic is measured. This article develops optimal ALT and ADT plans for estimating the