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Closure under the operation of forming coherent systems of independent components is a desirable property for a class of life distributions. We show that the NBUFR class possesses this property.
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Gohout, W., Kuhnert, I. NBUFR closure under the formation of coherent systems. Statistical Papers 38, 243–248 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925226
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