Bayesian reliability analysis using the dirichlet prior distribution with emphasis on accelerated life testing run in random order

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 4415-4423

  Somerville, Ian F ^a   Dietrich, Duane L ^b   Mazzuchi, Thomas A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Bayesian inference; Design of experiment; Development testing; Dirichlet distribution; Multiple stress environment testing; Ordered reliabilities; Random ordering; Reliability growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041543814     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(96)00120-4     Document Type: Article

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