Modeling a failure rate for a mixture of distribution functions

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 383-400

  Finkelstein, Max S ^a   Esaulova, Veronica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MIXING; MIXTURES;

DECREASING FAILURE RATE; EXPECTATION AND VARIANCE; FAILURE RATE; FAILURE RATE FUNCTIONS; INCREASING FAILURE RATE; LIMITING BEHAVIOR; MIXING PARAMETERS; MIXTURE OF DISTRIBUTIONS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035640264     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964801153076     Document Type: Article

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