Series Systems and Reliability Demonstration Tests

Saul Blumenthal, J. Arthur Greenwood and Leon H. Herbach
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Saul Blumenthal: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
J. Arthur Greenwood: Oceanweather Inc., White Plains, New York
Leon H. Herbach: Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn, New York

Operations Research, 1984, vol. 32, issue 3, 641-648

Abstract: For series systems at equilibrium, the exponential distribution for times between failures is reasonably well justified. In the transient state, the exponential distribution applies also, but with a time varying scale parameter. Ignoring this parameter and using a partly aged system to make inferences about the mean life of a fully aged system can lead to very misleading outcomes. In particular, we show that reliability demonstration tests may have unacceptably high consumer's risk when applied in this manner.

Keywords: 721 reliability of series systems; 728 acceptance sampling of series systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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