A probabilistic analogue of the mean value theorem and its applications to reliability theory

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 706-719

  Di Crescenzo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing notions; Equilibrium distribution; Order statistics; Queueing systems; Random lifetimes; Renewal processes; Total time on test; Usual stochastic order

Indexed keywords

EID: 85037877559     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1032374628     Document Type: Article

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