Models for non-destructive inspection data

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Simola, Kaisa ^a   Pulkkinen, Urho ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLAW DETECTION; LOGIT TRANSFORMATIONS; NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION DATA;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032035952     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(97)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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