Title :
Characterization of distributions by relationships between failure rate and mean residual life
Author :
Ruiz, José M. ; Navarro, Jorge
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Matematica Aplicada y Estadistica, Murcia Univ., Spain
fDate :
12/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The characterizations described use relations between the failure rate function and conditional expectation. The theorems proved here extend the results of some authors and can be used in the context of the renewal process. The utility of these results is demonstrated by using them to characterize some common distributions
Keywords :
failure analysis; probability; reliability theory; statistical analysis; conditional expectation; distributions characterizations; failure rate; mean residual life; reliability; renewal process; Aging; Exponential distribution; Probability; Reliability theory; Statistical distributions;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
