REALIABILITY BOUNDS FOR MULTISTATE SYSTEMS WITH MULTISTATE COMPONENTS

Operations Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 153-160

  Hudson, Joseph C ^a   Kapur, Kailash C ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS RESEARCH - APPLICATIONS;

MULTISTATE COMPONENTS; MULTISTATE SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY BOUNDS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0021787852     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.33.1.153     Document Type: Article

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