Identification of process and distribution characteristics by testing monotonic and non-monotonic trends in failure intensities and hazard rates

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-357

  Vaurio, J K ^a  

^a Fortum Oil and Gas Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exponential; Failure data analysis; Poisson; Renewal; Repairable; Testing; Trend

Indexed keywords

RENEWAL PROCESS;

EFFICIENCY; MAINTENANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REPAIR; STATISTICAL TESTS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033150011     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(98)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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