Properties
Every survival function R(t) is monotonically decreasing, i.e. for all .
The time, t = 0, represents some origin, typically the beginning of a study or the start of operation of some system. R(0) is commonly unity but can be less to represent the probability that the system fails immediately upon operation.
The survivor function is right continuous.
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