On Bayes Estimation of Reliability for the Birnbaum-Saunders Fatigue Life Model

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn R-31, Issue 5, 1982, Pages 436-438

  Padgett, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayeys estimator; Cyclic loading; Fatigue Life data; Maximum likelihood; Method of moments

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY THEORY;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0020249407     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.1982.5221419     Document Type: Article

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