On the mean inactivity time ordering with reliability applications

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-409

  Kayid, M ^a   Ahmad, I A ^b  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

RELIABILITY APPLICATIONS; STOCHASTIC COMPARISONS; TIME ORDERING;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 5644256043     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0269964804183071     Document Type: Article

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