Ch. 3. Bathtub-shaped failure rate life distributions

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2001, Pages 69-104

  Lai, C D ^a   Xie, M ^a   Murthy, D N P ^a  

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EID: 0002327241     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(01)20005-4     Document Type: Review

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