An aggregated hierarchical Bayesian model for the prediction of pipe failures

Proceedings of the Combined International Conference of Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI2007 and Sustainable Urban Water Management, SUWM2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 13-16

  Economou, T ^a   Kapelan, Z ^a   Bailey, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; DETERIORATION PROCESS; FAILURE DATUM; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELS; LEFT TRUNCATIONS; MARKOV-CHAIN MONTE CARLO; NEW ZEALAND; NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS MODELS; OBSERVATION PERIODS; PIPE BURSTS; PIPE FAILURES; SAMPLING TECHNIQUES; UNDERGROUND WATERS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CONCRETES; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIPE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PIPELINES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

EID: 60749121547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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