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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, Volume 27 Issue 02<br /><br /><br /><table border='0'><tr><td>The primary focus of the journal is on stochastic modelling in the physical and engineering sciences, with particular emphasis on queueing theory, reliability theory, inventory theory, simulation, mathematical finance and probabilistic networks and graphs. Papers on analytic properties and related disciplines are also considered, as well as more general papers on applied and computational probability, if appropriate. Readers include academics working in statistics, operations research, computer science, engineering, management science and physical sciences as well as industrial practitioners engaged in telecommunications, computer science, financial engineering, operations research and management science.</td><td><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'><img src='http://journals.cambridge.org/cover_images/PES/PES.jpg' align='right' border='1' alt='Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences'/></a></td></tr></table><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayIssue%3Fjid%3DPES%26volumeId%3D27%26issueId%3D02%26seriesId%3D0&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25' /></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayIssue%3Fjid%3DPES%26volumeId%3D27%26issueId%3D02%26seriesId%3D0&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25' /></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayIssue%3Fjid%3DPES%26volumeId%3D27%26issueId%3D02%26seriesId%3D0&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25' /></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayIssue%3Fjid%3DPES%26volumeId%3D27%26issueId%3D02%26seriesId%3D0&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25' /></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayIssue%3Fjid%3DPES%26volumeId%3D27%26issueId%3D02%26seriesId%3D0' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25' /></a>

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Research Articles <br />Mark Brown, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 141-146<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875895'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875895&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875895&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875895&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875895&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875895' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Research Articles <br />Hosam M. Mahmoud, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 147-162<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875898'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875898&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875898&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875898&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875898&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875898' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Research Articles <br />F. G. Badía, Ji Hwan Cha, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 163-175<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875901'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875901&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875901&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875901&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875901&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875901' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Research Articles <br />Ji Hwan Cha, Maxim Finkelstein, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 177-185<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875904'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875904&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875904&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875904&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875904&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875904' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Research Articles <br />Jia-Ping Huang, Ushio Sumita, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 187-208<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875907'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875907&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875907&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875907&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875907&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875907' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Research Articles <br />Yiwei Cai, John J. Hasenbein, Erhan Kutanoglu, Melody Liao, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 209-235<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875910'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875910&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875910&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875910&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875910&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875910' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Research Articles <br />Yingdong Lu, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 237-246<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875913'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875913&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875913&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875913&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875913&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875913' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Research Articles <br />Qunqiang Feng, Zhishui Hu, Chun Su, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 247-260<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875916'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875916&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875916&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875916&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875916&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875916' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Research Articles <br />Ramesh C. Gupta, S.N.U.A. Kirmani, N. Balakrishnan, <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp 261-275<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875919'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875919&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875919&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875919&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875919&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875919' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Miscellaneous <br /> <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp f1-f2<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875922'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875922&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875922&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875922&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875922&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875922' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>

Miscellaneous <br /> <br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PES'>Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences</a>, <a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PES&volumeId=27&issueId=02&seriesId=0'>Volume 27 Issue 02</a>, pp b1-b2<br /><br /><a href='http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8875924'>Abstract</a><br/><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875924&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/facebook.png' border='0' alt='Facebook' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875924&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/twitter.png' border='0' alt='Twitter' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/mendeley/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875924&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/mendeley.png' border='0' alt='Mendeley' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?pco=tbx32nj-1.0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875924&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/email.png' border='0' alt='Email' width='25' height='25'/></a><a href='http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&=250&pubid=xa-502df628072bfd96&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.cambridge.org%2Faction%2FdisplayAbstract%3FfromPage%3Donline%26aid%3D8875924' target='_blank' ><img src='http://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/32x32/more.png' border='0' alt='More...' width='25' height='25'/></a>