Exact Bayesian estimation of system reliability from component test data

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-146

  Tang, Jen ^a   Tang, Kwei ^b   Moskowitz, Herbert ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EXACT BAYESIAN ESTIMATION;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031075656     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6750(199702)44:1<127::AID-NAV8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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