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The mean function of a repairable system that is subjected to an imperfect repair policy

Nader Ebrahimi Division of Statistics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
Pages 57-64 | Received 01 Jul 2006, Accepted 01 Dec 2007, Published online: 11 Nov 2008

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