Estimation from zero-failure data

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Bailey, Robert T ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Probability estimation; Zero failure

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZERO FAILURE DATA;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DATA ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; EXPLOSION; INDUSTRY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031171062     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00876.x     Document Type: Article

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