Estimating reliability of components with increasing failure rate using series system data

Paul H. Kvam and Harshinder Singh

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 1998, vol. 45, issue 1, 115-123

Abstract: The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) for a distribution function with increasing failure rate is derived, based on a collection of series system data. Applications can arise in industries where operating environments make available only such system‐level data, due to system configuration or type‐II censoring. The estimator can be solved using isotonic regression. For the special case in which systems contain one component, the estimator is equivalent to the restricted maximum likelihood estimator of Marshall and Proschan [9]. The MLE is illustrated using emergency diesel generator failure data from the nuclear industry. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 45: 115–123, 1998

Date: 1998
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