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Testing for increasing mean inactivity time

Shuhong Zhang School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Haitao Cheng School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
Pages 467-476 | Received 30 Jun 2008, Accepted 19 Jun 2009, Published online: 16 Sep 2009

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