Models and measures for fuzzy reliability and relationship to multi-state reliability

International Journal of Performability Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Li, Zhaojun ^a   Kapur, Kailash C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy reliability; Fuzzy sets; Multi state reliability; Substitute characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957914591     PISSN: 09731318     EISSN: 29938341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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