Empirical Bayes Estimation of the Reliability of Nuclear-Power-Plant Emergency Diesel Generators

Technometrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-24

  Martz, Harry F ^a   Kvam, Paul H ^b   Abramson, Lee R ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta prior distribution; Binomial sampling; Diesel generator reliability; Geometric sampling; Parametric empirical Bayes; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING;

BETA PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; BINOMIAL SAMPLING; EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS; GEOMETRIC SAMPLING; PARAMETRIC EMPIRICAL BAYES;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0030086852     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1996.10484412     Document Type: Article

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