A new reliability measure based on specified minimum distances before the locations of random variables in a finite interval

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-103

  Todinov, M T ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Homogeneous Poisson process; Maintenance free operating period; MFFOP; MFOP; Minimum failure free operating period; Random failures; Reliability; Reliability requirements; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLUSTERING; HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; MAINTENANCE-FREE OPERATING PERIOD; RANDOM FAILURES;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 2942580996     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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