STATISTICAL ESTIMATION IN A PROBLEM OF SYSTEM RELIABILITY
Abstract
The statistical estimation of the reliability of a simple system, subject to exponential failures and subsequent repairs, is considered. Observations are assumed taken at isolated instants (snapshots), and for also continuous periods of time (patches); the information is combined by maximum likelihood. Procedures for improving small-sample properties of estimates are studied by Monte Carlo sampling experiments. The robustness of the estimates is similarly considered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0648085
Entities
People
- D. P. Gaver
- M. Mazumdar
Organizations
- Carnegie Institute of Technology