Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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ISBN: 9781478623069
Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 13.8, Problem 36P
Summary Introduction
Interpretation:
Value of warranty period
Concept Introduction:
Exponential distribution is a probabilitydistribution which finds probability of an event to occur between independent constant rate and continous rate.
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Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 3PCh. 13.1 - Prob. 4PCh. 13.1 - Prob. 5PCh. 13.1 - Prob. 6PCh. 13.2 - Prob. 7PCh. 13.2 - Prob. 9PCh. 13.3 - Prob. 13PCh. 13.3 - Prob. 14PCh. 13.4 - Prob. 15PCh. 13.4 - Prob. 16P
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