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Hougaard processes, which include gamma and inverse Gaussian processes as special cases, as well as the moments of the corresponding first-passage-time (FPT) distributions are commonly used in many application...
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Optimum test planning for heterogeneous inverse Gaussian processes
The heterogeneous inverse Gaussian (IG) process is one of the most popular and most considered degradation models for highly reliable products. One difficulty with heterogeneous IG processes is the lack of ana...
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Degradation Analysis with Measurement Errors
The lifetime information for highly reliable products is usually assessed by a degradation model. When there are measurement errors in monotonic degradation paths, non-monotonic model assumption can lead to co...
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Optimal Classification Policy and Comparisons for Highly Reliable Products
In the current competitive marketplace, manufacturers need to classify products in a short period of time, according to market demand. Hence, it is a challenge for manufacturers to implement a classification t...
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The Practices of Scenario Observation Approach in Defining Medical Tablet PC Applications
There are many hospital appliance PCs, Notebooks and PDAs used in clinical but they have several limitations. Tablet PCs combine the advantages and improved disadvantages of these media, but are not widely use...
