Title :
Reliability analysis using Weibull lifetime data and expert opinion
Author :
Singpurewalla, N.D. ; Song, Mao Shi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Oper. Res., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An approach to the analysis of failure data from a Weibull distribution is presented. The approach features incorporation of expert opinion and of the author´s opinion on the expertise of the experts in the analysis. The use of Laplace approximation results in formulas which are easy to compute
Keywords :
failure analysis; reliability theory; Laplace approximation; Weibull distribution; expert opinion; failure data; lifetime data; Approximation methods; Calculus; Data analysis; Expert systems; Failure analysis; Probability; Reliability theory; Risk analysis; Uncertainty; Weibull distribution;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
