Ch. 21. Statistical analysis of reliability warranty data

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2001, Pages 585-609

  Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a   Karim, Md Rezaul ^a   Wang, Lianhua ^a  

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EID: 24944539290     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(01)20023-6     Document Type: Review

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