A fully Bayesian approach for combining multi-level information in multi-state fault tree quantification

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1476-1483

  Graves, T L ^a   Hamada, M S ^a   Klamann, R ^a   Koehler, A ^a   Martz, H F ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirichlet distribution; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DIRICHLET DISTRIBUTION; FAILURE EVENTS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 34250192605     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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