Limiting survival functions of self‐similar structures |
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| Authors: | John A Steele Gábor J Székely |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama-Huntsville, Madison Hall, Room 320, Huntsville, Alabama, 35899;2. Mathematics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 |
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| Abstract: | We show the existence of a unique analytic single parameter limiting survival function arising from the repeated composition of a coherent structure as the number of components tends to infinity. Examples include the repeated composition process of the bridge structure. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004. |
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| Keywords: | reliability polynomial bridge structure fixed point limiting survival function |
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