A differential equation for a class of discrete lifetime distributions with an application in reliability
DOI10.1007/s11009-013-9385-0zbMath1337.60224MaRDI QIDQ496954
Publication date: 23 September 2015
Published in: Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-013-9385-0
reliability; probability generating function; Stirling numbers; Markov chain; computer algebra; point estimation; discrete lifetime distributions; polynomial failure rate
60J22: Computational methods in Markov chains
62M05: Markov processes: estimation; hidden Markov models
90B25: Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research
60J10: Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces)
65C40: Numerical analysis or methods applied to Markov chains
60K10: Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.)
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