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The lifetime of a standby system of units having the Birnbaum and Saunders distribution
F. J. M. Raaijmakers
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Journal of Applied Probability / Volume 17 / Issue 2 / June 1980

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14 July 2016, pp. 490-497

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June 1980
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In this paper a formula is derived for the probability density function of the lifetime for a system of identical units. The lifetime of the system is the sum of the lifetimes of the independent units when the units have lifetimes distributed independently by the law proposed by Birnbaum and Saunders (1969).

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The lifetime of a standby system of units having the Birnbaum and Saunders distribution