Further results involving the MIT order and the IMIT class

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-395

  Ahmad, I A ^a   Kayid, M ^b   Pellerey, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CONVEX ORDER; LIFE-TIME DISTRIBUTION; RIGHT SPREADS; SHOCK MODELS; TIME ORDERING;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 21644481184     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0269964805050229     Document Type: Review

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