On the nature and practical handling of the Bayesian aggregation anomaly

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1050-1056

  Guarro, Sergio ^a   Yau, Michael ^a  

^a ASCA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation anomaly; Bayesian anomaly; Bayesian estimation; Launch vehicle risk assessment; System reliability

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; LAUNCHING; METAL ANALYSIS; MISSILE LAUNCHING SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

AGGREGATION ANOMALY; BAYESIAN ANOMALY; BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; LAUNCH VEHICLE RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 61349105270     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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