POINT ESTIMATION OF RELIABILITY FROM RESULTS OF A SMALL NUMBER OF TRIALS

Abstract

A new approach to the estimation of reliability is presented on the basis of a few trials. In this new method, based on information theory concepts, when the probability of success is not known, the proposed way to assign probabilities is to maximize the measure of uncertainty. This point- estimation method is characterized by less extreme fluctuations in estimates as the results of Bernoulli trials become known.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0276150

Entities

People

  • D. E. Brimley
  • Z. A. Typados

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Binomials
  • California
  • Equations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Information Theory
  • Mechanics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Uncertainty
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.