Bayesian decision analysis and reliability certification

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-198

  Papazoglou, I A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN DECISION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS; UNCERTAINTY-IMPORTANCE RANKING;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033221884     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(99)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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