A nonparametric analysis of asymptomatic hazard rates in a brewing plant using the probability failure functions

WCE 2010 - World Congress on Engineering 2010

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2381-2384

  Achebo, J I ^a   Oghoore, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic hazard rate; Human error; Mean time to failure; Plant breakdown; Reliability function

Indexed keywords

HAZARD RATES; HUMAN ERRORS; MEAN TIME TO FAILURE; PLANT BREAKDOWN; RELIABILITY FUNCTION;

ERRORS; MAINTENANCE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

HAZARDS;

EID: 79959818883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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