An Evaluation of the Bayesian Approach as a Method for Selecting the Prior Probability Distribution.

Abstract

This paper presents a discussion of the Bayes' Theorem and its application in reliability estimation. The proposed Bayesian Reliability Demonstration Test Plan based on the inverted gamma distribution is briefly described. To evaluate the errors produced when incorrect assumptions are made on various distribution parameters, a sensitivity analysis method is developed. Two computer programs are used to obtain some results by applying the Bayesian approach and the sensitivity analysis technique.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA007099

Entities

People

  • Archie Sonnie Chen

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Demonstrations
  • Digital Information
  • Mathematics
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Reliability
  • Sensitivity
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference