Burn-In Models and Methods: A Review

1 June 1990

journal article
review article
Published by Taylor & Francis in IIE Transactions

Vol. 22 (2) , 172-180
https://doi.org/10.1080/07408179008964170

Abstract

Burn-in is a technique used to increase the quality of components and systems delivered to a consumer by using the item under normal or accelerated environmental conditions prior to shipment. If a burn-in procedure is effective, items that are delivered to the consumer are superior to those that would have been delivered without burn-in. The measure by which items are judged to be superior is defined by the objective of the burn-in procedure (e.g., maximum mean residual life or maximum probability of mission success after burn-in). This paper reviews the burn-in literature which considers different aspects of the problem, but lacks a structure that relates them to one another.

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