Some Theorems Relevant to Life Testing from an Exponential Distribution

DOI10.1214/aoms/1177728793zbMath0056.38203OpenAlexW2070350132MaRDI QIDQ5829431

Milton Sobel, Benjamin Epstein

Publication date: 1954

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177728793

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