The concealed age of distribution functions and the problem of general repair

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-321

  Finkelstein, M S ^a,b  

^a Elektron Ctrl Sci Res Inst   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Concealed age; Cumulative wear; General repair; Minimal repair; Physical principle of reliability; Time distribution function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031574549     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(97)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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