Mean residual lifetimes of consecutive-k-out-of-n systems

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-98

  Navarro, Jorge ^a   Eryilmaz, Serkan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consecutive k out of n system; Exchangeable distribution; Mean residual lifetime; Signature; Stochastic order

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247640608     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1175267165     Document Type: Article

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