The two-stage Bayesian method used for the T-Book application

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-179

  Pörn, Kurt ^a  

^a Skivlingvägen 24   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GAMMA RAYS; HANDBOOKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RELIABILITY;

DATA TRANSLATED LIKELIHOOD; NON-INFORMATIVE CONTAMINATED GAMMA POISSON APPROACH; T-BOOK; TWO STAGE BAYESIAN METHOD;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 0030087053     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(95)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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