System reliability prediction model based on evidential reasoning algorithm with nonlinear optimization

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2550-2562

  Hu, Chang Hua ^a   Si, Xiao Sheng ^a   Yang, Jian Bo ^b  

^a XI'AN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidential reasoning; Forecasting; Nonlinear optimization; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ENGINE SYSTEMS; EVIDENTIAL REASONING; EXISTING METHOD; FORECAST RELIABILITY; FORECASTING MODELS; MINIMIZING THE MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION MODEL; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; PREDICTION ACCURACY; PREDICTION MODEL; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY PREDICTION; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMIZATION;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 70449535551     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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