mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

, a continuum structure function (CSF) is defined by Laurence Baxter as a nondecreasing

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ping from the unit

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to the unit interval. It is used by Baxter to help in the

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ling of the level of performance of a system in terms of the performance levels of its components.

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