Availability analysis of single-component systems with various failure and repair distributions

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 258-268

  Rao, Singiresu S ^a   Foster, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Bathtub curve; Exponential distribution; Hazard function; Normal distribution; Uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887226966     PISSN: 03064190     EISSN: 20504586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/IJMEE.31.3.7     Document Type: Article

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