Convolution of geometrics and a reliability problem

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-426

  Sen, Ananda ^a   Balakrishnan, N ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inverse sampling; Nonidentical geometrics; Pure birth process; Reliability growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033565085     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(98)00284-3     Document Type: Article

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