Measuring the effectiveness of reliability growth testing

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-93

  Quigley, John ^a   Walls, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; RELIABILITY GROWTH TESTING;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032635085     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199903/04)15:2<87::AID-QRE234>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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