Inverse Gaussian accelerated test models based on cumulative damage

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-247

  Onar, A ^a   Padgett, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birnbaum Saunders distribution; Damage threshold; First passage; Strength distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034349284     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650008812024     Document Type: Article

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