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Original Articles

On a New Stochastic Usage Model (Non-Time-Homogeneous Poisson) for Testing a Multi-Stage System to Promote Reliability Growth

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Pages 95-109 | Received 01 Sep 2005, Accepted 01 Apr 2006, Published online: 09 Feb 2016

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