Comparisons and bounds for expected lifetimes of reliability systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 309-317

  Navarro, Jorge ^a   Rychlik, Tomasz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coherent system; Convex order; Gini index; Mean residual life; Mixed system; Signature

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SYSTEM; CONVEX ORDER; GINI INDEX; MEAN RESIDUAL LIFE; MIXED SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953869623     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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