Contributions

  • Jacobs, Patricia A. - Contributor
  • O'Muircheartaigh, I. G. - Contributor
  • Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Operations Research - Contributor

Publication

1990 - Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

4,750 words, Guess

Page Count

19 pages

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • NPS-55-90-19.

Description

This paper studies prediction of future failure (rates) by hierarchical empirical Bayes (EB) Poisson regression methodologies. Both a gamma distributed super-population as well as a more robust (long-tailed) log student- t super-population are considered. Simulation results are reported concerning predicted Poisson rates. The results tentatively suggest that a hierarchical model with gamma super-population can effectively adapt to data coming from a log-Student-t-super-population particularly if the additional computation involved with estimation for the log-Student-t hierarchical model is burdensome.

Subjects

Topics

BAYES THEOREM

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!