Sensitivity of the bayesian reliability estimates for the modified gumbel failure model

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-341

  Miladinovic, Branko ^a   Tsokos, Chris P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Extreme value distribution; Kernel density estimation; Minimum variance unbiased estimates

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION; MINIMUM VARIANCE; UNBIASED ESTIMATES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; RELIABILITY;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 70450191888     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539309003423     Document Type: Article

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