Discrete predictive analysis in probabilistic safety assessment

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 106-117

  Kvam, Paul H ^a   Miller, J Glenn ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian prediction; Binomial distribution; Calibration; Common cause failure; Mixture distributions; Poisson distribution

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUMPS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

APPROXIMATE INFERENCE METHOD; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DIESEL GENERATOR; DISCRETE PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0006182806     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2002.11980133     Document Type: Article

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