Coherent systems based on sequential order statistics

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-135

  Navarro, Jorge ^a   Burkschat, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

coherent system; k out of n system; sequential order statistics; stochastic orders; system signature

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SYSTEM; K-OUT-OF-N SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ORDER STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC ORDER; SYSTEM SIGNATURE;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 79951867188     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20445     Document Type: Article

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