A continuous-state Markov model for age- and state-dependent degradation processes

Structural Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 354-366

  Guida, Maurizio ^a   Pulcini, Gianpaolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO MOTORI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age and state dependence; Continuous state Markov chain; Degradation processes; Fatigue crack data; Wear data

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; COMPUTING TIME; DEGRADATION MODEL; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DEGRADATION PROCESSES; DISCRETE-TIME; ESTIMATION PROCEDURES; FATIGUE CRACK DATA; MARKOV CHAIN; MARKOV MODEL; PEARSON'S FAMILY; RANDOM EFFECTS; STATE DEPENDENCE; STATE-DEPENDENT; TRANSITION DENSITY; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES;

CRACKS; CUTTING TOOLS; DEGRADATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 80555155529     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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