Probability bounds on downtimes

DOI10.1002/NAV.3800320212zbMATH Open0612.60018OpenAlexW2041015692MaRDI QIDQ3753190FDOQ3753190

Authors: Patrick L. Brockett, Melvin J. Hinich 

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Naval Research Logistics Quarterly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.3800320212

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zbMATH Keywords

maximum entropy estimatesChebychev systemsbounds for the expected value of a function of a random variableMarkov- Krein theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.) (60K10)

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