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Reliability, Life Testing, and Shelf Life

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Shelf life, stability, and reliability are described as applications of life testing methods. An experimental approach to fitting models to non-exponential time-to-event data is presented.

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  1. Global Medical & Clinical Affairs, Ascensia Diabetes Care, Monsey, NY, USA

    Scott A. Pardo

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Pardo, S.A. (2023). Reliability, Life Testing, and Shelf Life. In: Statistical Methods and Analyses for Medical Devices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26139-8_9

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