A Class of Distributions Useful in Life Testing and Reliability.

Abstract

A new class of distributions having a finite range that are useful in life testing and reliability is proposed. Methods of estimating the unknown parameters are studied. Explicit expressions for lower moments of order statistics in random samples of any size are derived. A uniformly most powerful test is derived for the 'shape' parameter and it is illustrated by the data on times to failure of refrigerator motors.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA016297

Entities

People

  • Z. Govindarajulu

Organizations

  • University of Kentucky

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Mathematics
  • Order Statistics
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Samples
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.