Multivariate Classes of Life Distributions in Reliability Theory

DOI10.1287/moor.6.3.453zbMath0486.62103MaRDI QIDQ3947027

Henry W. Block, Thomas H. Savits

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Mathematics of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/moor.6.3.453

zbMATH Keywords

reliability; life distributions; new better than used; new better than used in expectation; IFR; IFRA; NBU; increasing failure rate; NBUE; increasing failure rate average; independent univariate component lifetimes; monotone and coherent systems; new multivariate definitions; up to date survey

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62H10: Multivariate distribution of statistics

62E15: Exact distribution theory in statistics

60K10: Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.)

62N05: Reliability and life testing

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