On statistical and information-based virtual age of degrading systems

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 676-681

  Finkelstein, Maxim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging distributions; Degradation; Failure rate; Mean remaining lifetime; Repairable systems; Virtual age

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGING DISTRIBUTIONS; FAILURE RATE; MEAN REMAINING LIFETIME; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846226702     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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