Title :
Parameter Estimation with Noncontinuous Inspection
Author_Institution :
Department of Mechanical Engineering; University of Queensland; St. Lucis, Qld. 4067 AUSTRALIA.
fDate :
6/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The maximum likelihood and moments methods are discussed for estimating the parameters of reliability models with intermittent inspection. In such a formulation, the actual failure time is not known, because failure is detected only at the first inspection time after the failure. For the exponential distribution, both methods yield the same result.
Keywords :
Exponential distribution; Inspection; Maximum likelihood detection; Maximum likelihood estimation; Moment methods; Parameter estimation; Probability; Random variables; Reliability engineering; Statistics; Noncontinuous inspection; Parameter estimation; Method of moments; Maximum likelihood;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1979.5220530
