Generalized mixtures in reliability modelling: Applications to the construction of bathtub shaped hazard models and the study of systems

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-337

  Navarro, Jorge ^a   Guillamón, Antonio ^b   Del Carmen Ruiz, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bathtub shaped; Coherent systems; Failure rate; Generalized mixtures; Hazard rate; Mixed systems

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BATHTUB SHAPED; COHERENT SYSTEM; FAILURE RATE; GENERALIZED MIXTURES; HAZARD RATES; MIXED SYSTEMS;

MIXTURES;

EID: 73149116507     PISSN: 15241904     EISSN: 15264025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asmb.750     Document Type: Article

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