Assessment of Reliability for Repairable Systems.

Abstract

Define Z(t) to be the forward recurrence time at t for a renewal process with interarrival time distribution, F, which is assumed to be IMRL (increasing mean residual life). It is shown that Ephi(Z(t)) is increasing in t - 0 for all increasing convex 0. An example demonstrates that Z(t) is not necessarily stochastically increasing nor is the renewal function necessarily concave. Both of these properties are known to hold for F DFR (decreasing failure rate). (Author)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093377

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  • Mark O. Brown

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