The classification and regression tree approach to pump failure rate analysis

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Bevilacqua, Maurizio ^a   Braglia, Marcello ^b   Montanari, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification and regression tree; Decision tree; Failure rate; Reliability; Rule induction

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DECISION TREES;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037228075     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(02)00180-1     Document Type: Article

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