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Statistical Inference by the Use of Truncated Exponential Distribution: Estimates with Failure and Survival Times

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Reliability Data Collection and Use in Risk and Availability Assessment
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The information collected from equipments operating in industrial plants for a reliability data bank (RDB) has peculiarities that make difficult its posterior statistical treatment. Its vaguenesses and indeterminations could not be obviate and must be analyzed.

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Chiavassa, D., Masera, M. (1986). Statistical Inference by the Use of Truncated Exponential Distribution: Estimates with Failure and Survival Times. In: Wingender, H.J. (eds) Reliability Data Collection and Use in Risk and Availability Assessment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82773-0_21

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