Bayes inference for general repairable systems

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-94

  Pan, Rong ^a,c   Rigdon, Steven E ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c Department of Industrial Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Hierarchical bayes model; Imperfect repair; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Power law process

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHAINS; MARKOV PROCESSES; REPAIR;

HIERARCHICAL BAYES MODELS; IMPERFECT REPAIR; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; MONTO CARLO METHODS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER LAW PROCESS; REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 62949175252     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2009.11917762     Document Type: Article

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