Boltzmann-like entropy in reliability theory

Entropy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 142-150

  Rocchi, Paolo ^a  

^a IBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entropy; Reliability function; Repairability; Test life

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

RELIABILITY FUNCTION; REPARIABILITY; TEST-LIFE;

ENTROPY;

EID: 3042552866     PISSN: 10994300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e4050142     Document Type: Article

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