Some reliability models for analyzing the effect of operating conditions

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-148

  Kumar, Dhananjay ^a   Westberg, Ulf ^b  

^a Stockholm Energi AB   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accelerated failure time models; Covariate; Operating condition; Proportional hazards models; Regression; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950028887     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539397000102     Document Type: Article

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