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Determination of Optimum Warranty Region for Two Dimensional Dependent Data

Applications 2025-06-19 v1

Abstract

This paper presents a method for determining the optimal two-dimensional warranty region for age and mileage scales across all possible combinations of free replacement warranty (FRW), prorata warranty (PRW), and FRW-PRW combined policies. The operational time or lifetime and usage of the products are modeled using a bivariate Gumbel copula with Weibull as the marginal distribution. The optimal warranty region is derived by maximizing an expected utility function, which incorporates two cost components: the economic benefit function and the warranty cost function, specifically constructed for the two-dimensional warranty scenario. To obtain the optimal warranty region, a real-world dataset of traction motors, including age and mileage information, is analyzed. The results show that considering a two-dimensional warranty cost function yields the highest utility compared to all other scenarios.

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@article{arxiv.2506.15152,
  title  = {Determination of Optimum Warranty Region for Two Dimensional Dependent Data},
  author = {Rathin Das and Tanmay Sen and Ritwik Bhattacharya and Biswabrata Pradhan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.15152},
  year   = {2025}
}