A statistical model to estimate an upper bound on the probability of failure of a system installed on an irradiated vehicle

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 840-848

  Konefal, Tadeusz ^a   Marvin, Andy C ^a   Dawson, John F ^a   Robinson, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic compatibility; Failure analysis; Failure diagnosis; Probability; Rayleigh channels; Rayleigh distributions; Road vehicles; Statistical analysis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IRRADIATED VEHICLE; RAYLEIGH CHANNELS; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY;

EID: 36749044758     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2007.908265     Document Type: Article

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