Predictive analyses for nonhomogeneous Poisson processes with power law using Bayesian approach

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4254-4268

  Yu, Jun Wu ^a   Tian, Guo Liang ^b   Tang, Man Lai ^c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Nonhomogeneous Poisson process; Noninformative prior; Prediction intervals; Reliability growth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; POISSON EQUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADAR SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY THEORY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BAYESIAN APPROACH; NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; NONINFORMATIVE PRIOR; PREDICTION INTERVALS; RELIABILITY GROWTH;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 34147094215     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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