Tail hazard rate ordering properties of order statistics and coherent systems

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 820-828

  Navarro, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coherent systems; Hazard rate order; Order statistics; Proportional hazard rate model

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

COHERENT SYSTEMS; HAZARD RATE ORDER; ORDER STATISTICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD RATE MODELS;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 36549073764     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20251     Document Type: Article

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