Title :
The Robustness of Reliability Predictions for Series Systems of Identical Components
Author :
Posten, Harry O.
Author_Institution :
Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. 06268.
Abstract :
The robustness of reliability predictions based on the exponential failure law is investigated under possible deviations within the Weibull family of failure distributions. Regions of robustness are provided for series systems of N identical components, N = 1(1)15; i.e., regions in the space of the Weibull shape parameter, within which one may safely use the exponential prediction procedure and have no more than a prespecified error.
Keywords :
Distributed computing; Exponential distribution; Failure analysis; NASA; Probability; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Robustness; Shape; Statistical distributions;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1973.5215892
