| Article ID: | iaor19911496 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Start Page Number: | 1515 |
| End Page Number: | 1519 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1989 |
| Journal: | Management Science |
| Authors: | Thomas Marlin U. |
| Keywords: | quality & reliability, design |
A model for predicting warranty reserves for manufactured units having exponential failures is extended for more general failure distributions. The model allows for discounting. Sample calculations are provided.