An age replacement policy via the Bayesian method

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-477

  Sheu, Shey Huei ^a,b   Chiu, Chaun Hung ^b   Hsu, Tsung Shin ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

age replacement policy; Bayesian method; conjugate prior; repairable catastrophic failure; the Jeffreys prior

Indexed keywords

AGE REPLACEMENT POLICY; BAYESIAN METHODS; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CONJUGATE PRIOR; JEFFREYS PRIOR;

PROBABILITY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 78649738147     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720903576480     Document Type: Article

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