Statistical and information based (physical) minimal repair for k out of n systems

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 731-740

  Boland, Philip J ^a   El Neweihi, Emad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Black boxminimal repair; Hazard rate order; K out of n systems; Minimal repair; Physical minimal repair; Statistical minimal repair; Stochastic order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032267588     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1032265220     Document Type: Article

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