Comparing Birnbaum importance measure of system components

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-245

  Meng, Fan C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

BINARY COHERENT SYSTEM; BIRNBAUM IMPORTANCE MEASURES; BIRNBAUM-RELIABILITY IMPORTANCES; COMPONENT RELIABILITY; INFORMATION CONCERNING; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; SYSTEM STRUCTURES;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 2042503008     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964804182077     Document Type: Article

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