Failure rate and mean residual life with trend changes

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-244

  Guess, Frank ^a   Nam, Kyung H ^b   Park, Dong Ho ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Failure rate; Hjorth model; Mean residual life; Trend change

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142792714     PISSN: 02175959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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