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Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods Volume 32, 2003 - Issue 10
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Reliability Properties of Reversed Residual Lifetime

Asok K. Nanda Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Harshinder Singh Department of Statistics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; Biostatistics Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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Neeraj Misra Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
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Prasanta Paul Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Pages 2031-2042 | Published online: 15 Feb 2007

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