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    Hoang Pham PhD

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Finkelstein, M.S. (2003). Modeling the Observed Failure Rate. In: Pham, H. (eds) Handbook of Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-85233-841-5_6

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