Title :
Effect of Burn-In on Mean Residual Life
Author_Institution :
Korea Advanced Institute of Science (Technology), Seoul; Professor, Dep´´t of Industrial Science; KAIST; POBox 150, Chongyang; Seoul, KOREA.
Abstract :
This paper examines the effect of burn-in on the mean residual life of a product. It is shown that the time at which a bathtub failure-rate is a minimum does not maximize the mean residual life. Contrary to popular belief, the mean residual life in the constant failure-rate region of a bathtub failure-rate curve is not constant.
Keywords :
Failure analysis; Production facilities; Random variables; Bathtub failure-rate curve; Burn-in; Mean residual life;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1985.5222253
