A simple approximation for the renewal function with an increasing failure rate

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 963-969

  Jiang, R ^a  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Approximation; Gamma distribution; Lognormal distribution; Renewal function; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE;

APPROXIMATION; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; FAILURE DISTRIBUTIONS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; INCREASING FAILURE RATE; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RENEWAL FUNCTIONS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 81255191607     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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