Ch. 4. Equilibrium distribution - its role in reliability theory

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2001, Pages 105-137

  Chatterjee, A ^a   Mukherjee, S P ^a  

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EID: 33244491482     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(01)20006-6     Document Type: Review

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