Optimal Upper Confidence Limits for Products of Poisson Parameters with Applications to the Interval Estimation of the Failure Probability of Parallel Systems

Abstract

The problem of obtaining optimal upper confidence limits for systems of independent parallel components is treated. Exact optimal upper confidence limits are obtained for an arbitrary number of components for specified failure combinations. For a small number of failures, bounds on the upper confidence limits are obtained. For an arbitrary number of failures an approximation is given which is justified numerically and asymptotically. The results of this paper are compared with the results given by Buehler (1957) and some numerical examples are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1980
Accession Number
ADA088604

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  • Andrew P. Soms
  • Bernard Harris

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  • University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Statistics

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