Statistical inference for a modulated power law process

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-90

  Black, Scott E ^a,c   Rigdon, Steven E ^b,d  

^a Burns and McDonnell   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c Automated Systems Group

^d Dept of Mathematics and Statistics ^*

Author keywords

Poisson Process; Reliability; Repairable Systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REPAIR;

FAILURE TIMES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATES; MODULATED POWER LAW PROCESS; STATISTICAL INFERENCE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0029771138     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.1996.11979639     Document Type: Article

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