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Improved upper bounds for the availabilities in a fixed time interval for multistate monotone systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Bent Natvig*
Affiliation:
University of Oslo
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Postal address: Institute of Mathematics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1053, Blindern, 0316 Oslo 3, Norway.
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Abstract

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It is here shown how the upper bounds given in Funnemark and Natvig (1985) can easily be improved.

Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1986 

References

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