Linear-spline approximation for semi-parametric modeling of failure data with proportional hazards

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-266

  Guo, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bad as old; Good as new; Proportional hazard; Semi parametric; Spline function; Step function

Indexed keywords

BAD AS OLD; GOOD AS NEW; LINEAR SPLINE APPROXIMATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; SEMI PARAMETRIC MODELING; STEP FUNCTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REPAIR; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030173190     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.510812     Document Type: Article

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