On modelling of grouped reliability data for wind turbines

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-372

  Coolen, F P A ^a   Spinato, F ^a   Venkat, D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calendar time; grouped failure data; non homogeneous Poisson process; total time on test

Indexed keywords

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; WIND TURBINES;

CALENDAR TIME; DATA COLLECTION; DATA SETS; ENERGY GENERATIONS; FAILURE DATA; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS MODELS; OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT; POWER LAW PROCESS; RELIABILITY DATA; RELIABILITY MODEL; TIME VARIABLE; TOTAL TIME ON TEST;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77956635599     PISSN: 1471678X     EISSN: 14716798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imaman/dpn012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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