On the behavior of aging characteristics in mixed populations

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-94

  Badia F G ^a   Berrade, M D ^a   Campos, C A ^a   Navascues M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

AGING CHARACTERISTICS; AGING PROPERTIES; ALGEBRAIC COMPLEXITY; DISCRETE MIXTURE; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

MIXTURES;

EID: 0035631397     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964801151065     Document Type: Article

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