Stochastic properties of residual life and inactivity time at a random time

Stochastic Models

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-102

  Misra, N ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Dhariyal, I Dutt ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

DFR; DMIT; DMRL; DRFR; IFR; IMIT; IMRL; IRFR; ITRT; Log concave; Log convex; RLRT

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

LOG-CONCAVITY; STOCHASTIC PROPERTIES;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 38849206257     PISSN: 15326349     EISSN: 15324214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15326340701828290     Document Type: Article

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