On probabilistic safety assessment in the case of zero failures

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

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-114

  Coolen, F P A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

exchangeability; exponential distribution; failure rate; indeterminacy; informationgap theory; lower and upper estimates; lower and upper probabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385975     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR15     Document Type: Article

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