CONSERVATIVE TOLERANCE AND CONFIDENCE LIMITS

Abstract

This paper extends the validity of exponential tolerance and confidence limits, under certain restrictions, to the class of distributions with monotone failure rate. In particular, the usual exponential lower tolerance limit is shown to be conservative for the increasing failure rate class of distributions in the range of population coverages and confidence coefficients of practical interest. Conservative confidence limits are also obtained on tail probabilities and moments.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0621864

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  • Richard E. Barlow

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  • University of California, Berkeley

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