Geosynchronous communication satellite reliability: Statistical data analysis and modeling

IET Conference Publications

Volumn , Issue 552 CP, 2009, Pages

  Castet, Jean Francois ^a   Saleh, Joseph H ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication satellites; Reliability; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRITICAL DESIGN; EMPIRICAL DATA; FAILURE BEHAVIORS; FINITE MIXTURE DISTRIBUTION; GEOSYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; INVESTMENT RISKS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATORS; NON-PARAMETRIC; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY GROWTH; SATELLITE MANUFACTURERS; SATELLITE RELIABILITY; SPACE SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS; SUBSEA INSTALLATIONS; TECHNICAL LITERATURE;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 71049177087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2009.1196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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