Equipment failure rate updating-Bayesian estimation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Shafaghi, Ahmad ^a  

^a ABS CONSULTING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Conjugate gamma distribution; Failure rate; Gamma distribution; Poisson distribution; Posterior distribution; Prior distribution

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BAYES' THEOREM; CONJUGATE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; FAILURE RATE; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTION; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA; EQUIPMENT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BAYES THEOREM; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 51749107950     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.01.042     Document Type: Article

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