A Bayesian perspective on some replacement strategies

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-303

  Mazzuchi, Thomas A ^a   Soyer, Refik ^b  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

AGE REPLACEMENT PROTOCOL; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BLOCK REPLACEMENT PROTOCOL; REPLACEMENT STRATEGY;

REPAIR;

EID: 0030107702     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(95)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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