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Influence of covariates on degradationis modelled. Models which include dependence of the intensityof the process of traumatic events on the degradation level arealso discussed. Estimation of reliability and degradation characteristicsfrom data with covariates is considered in dynamic environments.
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Bagdonavicius, V., Nikulin, M.S. Estimation in Degradation Models with Explanatory Variables. Lifetime Data Anal 7, 85–103 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009629311100
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