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OverviewHigh Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The bathtub curve is widely used in reliability engineering. The bathtub curve is generated by mapping the rate of early infant mortality failures when first introduced, the rate of random failures with constant failure rate during its useful life, and finally the rate of wear out failures as the product exceeds its design lifetime. In less technical terms, in the early life of a product adhering to the bathtub curve, the failure rate is high but rapidly decreasing as defective products are identified and discarded, and early sources of potential failure such as handling and installation error are surmounted. In the mid-life of a product-generally, once it reaches consumers-the failure rate is low and constant. In the late life of the product, the failure rate increases, as age and wear take their toll on the product. Many consumer products strongly reflect the bathtub curve, such as computer processors. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lambert M. Surhone , Miriam T. Timpledon , Susan F. MarsekenPublisher: VDM Publishing House Imprint: VDM Publishing House Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.213kg ISBN: 9786131222849ISBN 10: 6131222843 Pages: 138 Publication Date: 13 August 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |