Inference from accelerated degradation and failure data based on Gaussian process models

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-206

  Padgett, W J ^a   Tomlinson, Meredith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life test; Arrhenius model; Censoring; Degradation process; Fisher information; Inverse Gaussian distribution; Power law

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FILTRATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3042808870     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LIDA.0000030203.49001.b6     Document Type: Article

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