Estimation methods for acceleration factors

International Journal of Modelling and Simulation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 166-172

  Wang, Hongzhou ^a,b,c,d   Pham, Hoang ^{a,b,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b Englewood Health

^c INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^g IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

ⁱ IEEE

Author keywords

Accelerated testing; Acceleration factor; Confidence interval; Jackknife method; Point estimate; Ratio; Unbiased estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844320469     PISSN: 02286203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02286203.1996.11760296     Document Type: Article

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