| Article ID: | iaor200586 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 155 |
| End Page Number: | 165 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2004 |
| Journal: | Naval Research Logistics |
| Authors: | Steele John A., Szkely Gbor J. |
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.