Mean residual life function for certain types of non-monotonic ageing
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- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communications in Statistics. Stochastic Models
- Vol. 11 (1) , 219-225
Abstract
In this paper we examine the behavior of the mean residual life function in the case of certain types of non-monotonic failure rates and give conditions for the validity of the reciprocity of the shape. Some examples are given to illustrate the resultsKeywords
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