Bayesian reliability demonstration for systems with redundancy

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-145

  Rahrouh, M ^a   Coolen, F P A ^b   Coolen Schrijner, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

multiple independent tasks; optimal redundancy; predictive inference; zero failure testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990334686     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR5     Document Type: Article

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