%0 Journal Article %A A. Rangan and A. Tansu %D 2008 %J International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 23, 2008 %T A New Shock Model for Systems Subject to Random Threshold Failure %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14071 %V 23 %X This paper generalizes Yeh Lam-s shock model for renewal shock arrivals and random threshold. Several interesting statistical measures are explicitly obtained. A few special cases and an optimal replacement problem are also discussed. %P 1267 - 1272