On some ageing properties of general repair processes

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 506-513

  Finkelstein, Maxim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ageing distributions; Degradation; Failure rate; General renewal process; Mean remaining lifetime; Repairable systems; Virtual age

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548027283     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1183667417     Document Type: Article

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