Combining imprecise Bayesian and maximum likelihood estimation for reliability growth models

ISIPTA 2009 - Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 421-430

  Utkin, Lev V ^a   Zatenko, Svetlana I ^a   Coolen, Frank P A ^b  

^a SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Imprecise probabilities; Linear regression; Lower and upper probability distributions; Maximum likelihood estimation; Reliability growth models

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BAYESIAN METHODS; IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; LOWER AND UPPER PROBABILITIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MODEL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY GROWTH MODEL; STATISTICAL DATAS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; LINEAR REGRESSION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SET THEORY;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 84883235969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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