Limiting behaviour of the mean residual life

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 217-226

  Bradley, David M ^a   Gupta, Ramesh C ^a  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; Failure rate; Hazard function; Limiting behaviour; Mean residual life

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

MEAN RESIDUAL LIFE;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 12444323527     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024699101381     Document Type: Article

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