Nonparametric estimation of reliability and survival function for continuous-time finite Markov processes

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Sadek, Amr ^a   Limnios, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic properties; Availability; Estimators; Failure rate; Infinitesimal generator; Markov process; Phase distribution; Reliability; Survival function

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844368606     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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