On computations of the mean and variance of the number of renewals: A unified approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1352-1364

  Chaudhry, M L ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Numerical computations; Renewal function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUEUEING THEORY; RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

RENEWAL THEORY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0029408896     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1995.183     Document Type: Article

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