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Conditional Reliability
The conditional reliability function for the 1-parameter exponential distribution is given by:


 * $$R(T,t)=\frac{R(T+t)}{R(T)}=\frac={{e}^{-\lambda t}}$$

which says that the reliability for a mission of t duration, undertaken after the component or equipment has already accumulated T hours of operation from age zero, is only a function of the mission duration, and not a function of the age at the beginning of the mission. This is referred to as the "memoryless property."