Fully Bayesian reliability assessment of multi-state systems with overlapping data

Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 187-198

  Hao, Zhipeng ^a   Guo, Jianbin ^b,c   Zeng, Shengkui ^b,c  

^a Institute of Air Transport   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON RELIABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian integration; multi state systems; overlapping data

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; INTEGRATION; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY; SATELLITES; VECTOR SPACES; VECTORS;

BAYESIAN INTEGRATION; BAYESIAN RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MULTI-STATE SYSTEM; OVERLAPPING DATA; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; STRUCTURAL LEVELS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

DATA INTEGRATION;

EID: 85015195888     PISSN: 16711793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21629/JSEE.2017.01.21     Document Type: Article

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