The multiple subset coupon collecting problem

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 435-440

  Chang, Kuang Chao ^a   Ross, Sheldon M ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; RANDOM VARIABLES;

INCREASING FAILURE RATE;

SET THEORY;

EID: 34547837685     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: 14698951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026996480700006X     Document Type: Article

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