Nonhomogeneous birth processes and l∞-spherical densities, with applications in reliability theory

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-288

  Shaked, Moshe ^a   Spizzichino, Fabio ^b   Suter, Florentina ^c  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHERES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BIRTH PROCESS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; POSITIVE DEPENDENCE; SCHUR-CONCAVITY; STOCHASTIC COMPARISONS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0036969980     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964802163017     Document Type: Article

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