Approximate fiducial bounds for the reliability of a series system for which each component has an exponential time-to-fail distribution

Technometrics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1971, Pages 865-871

  Grubbs, Frank E ^a  

^a US Army Communications Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC)   (United States)

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EID: 31544474220     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1971.10488857     Document Type: Article

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