Mean residual life functions of finite mixtures, order statistics and coherent systems

Metrika

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-298

  Navarro, Jorge ^a   Hernandez, Pedro J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coherent system; Failure rate; Finite mixtures; K out of n system; Mean residual life; Order statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049101381     PISSN: 00261335     EISSN: 1435926X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00184-007-0133-8     Document Type: Article

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