Reliability estimation from field return data

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-410

  Wilson, Simon ^a   Joyce, Toby ^b   Lisay, Ed ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Field return data; Reliability; Warranty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67949085064     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-009-9118-4     Document Type: Article

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