On inequalities and selection of experiments for length biased distributions

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-185

  Oluyede, Broderick O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CROSS ENTROPY; HAZARD FUNCTION; MEAN RESIDUAL LIFE FUNCTIONS; SAMPLING PLANS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033467033     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0269964899132030     Document Type: Article

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