Estimations of parameters in a three state reliability semi-Markov model

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 389-403

  El Gohary, A ^a,b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bayes estimators; Gamma prior distribution; Maximum likelihood; Posterior mean; Semi Markov model; Standby system with repair

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; THEOREM PROVING;

BAYES ESTIMATORS; GAMMA PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; POSTERIOR MEAN; SEMI-MARKOV MODEL; STANDBY SYSTEM WITH REPAIR;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 2942731777     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(03)00718-5     Document Type: Article

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