Comparisons of coherent systems using stochastic precedence

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Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-486

  Navarro, Jorge ^a   Rubio, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coherent systems; Exponential distribution; Proportional hazard rate; Signatures; Stochastic precedence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449253597     PISSN: 11330686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11749-010-0207-1     Document Type: Article

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