Bayesian analysis of step-stress accelerated life tests and its use in planning

Quality Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 276-282

  Hamada, M S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credible interval; cumulative damage; lifetime quantile; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; simulation; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CRYOGENICS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CREDIBLE INTERVAL; CUMULATIVE DAMAGE; LIFETIME QUANTILE; METROPOLIS-HASTINGS ALGORITHM; SIMULATION;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 84931835294     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: 15324222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982112.2015.1038357     Document Type: Article

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