2 problems

Let $R(x)$ be the reliability of a constituent component, let $\lambda(x)$ be its failure rate, and let $\mu_c(x,n,r)$ denote the hazard rate per data component of a horizontal sys…

Let $D_k < 1-\frac{k}{n}$ be rational, and consider the erasure multiple descriptions problem with $k=2$ and $n>3$. Let $D_1^*$ denote the infimum single-message distortion among a…