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Sources of data on field reliability or performance of manufactured products include field tracking (follow-up) studies, warranty and failure reports, and surveys. We discuss these sources in relation to the estimation of failure time distributions and event rates. Important issues include missing information, reporting delays, the need to combine information from different sources, and the possibility of selection bias.
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Lawless, J.F., Kalbfleisch, J.D., Blumenthal, S. (1992). Some Issues in the Collection and Analysis of Field Reliability Data. In: Klein, J.P., Goel, P.K. (eds) Survival Analysis: State of the Art. Nato Science, vol 211. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7983-4_9
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