Accelerated Life Testing - A Pragmatic Bayesian Approach.

Abstract

In this paper we propose a model for accelerated life testing which differs from those considered in the past. Our model does not require thd usual assumptions about the failure distributions and the acceleration functions. Our approach is Bayesian, and depends on the estimation of ordered failure rate functions at different stress levels. Since our model is nonprametric, and our approach is quite pragmatic, our results should be of use to engineers working on accelerated life tests, and biometricians involved in carcinogenic experiments. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA072622

Entities

People

  • Frank Proschan
  • Nozer D. Singpurwalla

Organizations

  • Florida State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Electronic Components
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Intervals
  • Life Tests
  • Long Life
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Random Variables
  • Sequences
  • Statistics
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms