Estimation techniques for common cause failure data with different system sizes

Technometrics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 382-388

  Kvam, Paul H ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloha factor model; Attribute data; Binomial failure rate model; Mapping; Reliability

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY;

ALPHA FACTOR MODEL; ATTRIBUTE DATA; BINOMIAL FAILURE RATE MODEL; COMMON CAUSE FAILURES;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030291345     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1996.10484550     Document Type: Article

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