A Bayesian Explanation of an Apparent Failure Rate Paradox.
Abstract
For the exponential life distribution model and any prior distribution for the failure rate parameter, the predictive distribution has a decreasing failure rate. The author gives a Bayesian explanation of why this is logically reasonable. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA134748
Entities
People
- R. E. Barlow
Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley