More on optimal allocation of components in coherent systems

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 548-556

  Meng, Fan C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active redundancy; Coherent system; Likelihood ratio order; Multistate system; Standby redundancy; Stochastic order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030523226     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200099964     Document Type: Article

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