Probability of infancy problems for space launch vehicles

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-314

  Guikema, Seth D ^a   Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Failure probability; Infancy problems; Launch vehicles; Reliability; Rockets

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FAILURE PROBABILITY; INFANCY PROBLEMS; LAUNCH VEHICLES;

VEHICLES;

EID: 9444265316     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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