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Theory and Method

Estimating the Number of Faults in a System

H. Joe Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1W5, Canada
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N. Reid Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1W5, Canada
Pages 222-226 | Received 01 Jul 1983, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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