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Robustness of Sequential Exponential Life-Testing Procedures

Ernest R. Montagne Analytical Services Inc., 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA
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Nozer D. Singpurwalla Departments of Operations Research and Statistics, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA
Pages 715-719 | Received 01 Sep 1983, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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