Nonparametric Empirical Bayes Estimation of Reliability.

Abstract

Several sequences of nonparametric empirical Bayes estimators of a distribution (or reliability) function are considered. Their asymptotic optimality relative to a Dirichlet process prior is investigated, and the estimators are compared for a small number of stages with respect to Weibull distributions by computer simulation. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA088182

Entities

People

  • K. Y. Liang
  • William J. Padgett

Organizations

  • University of South Carolina

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Air Force
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Distribution Functions
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Mathematics
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Sequences
  • Simulations
  • South Carolina
  • Statistics
  • Theorems

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Statistical inference.