Stochastic comparisons on residual life and inactivity time of series and parallel systems

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-275

  Li, Xiaohu ^a   Lu, Jingyi ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

RESIDUAL LIFE; SERIES AND PARALLEL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC COMPARISONS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 0012799909     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964803172087     Document Type: Article

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