DocumentCode
929620
Title
A sampling scheme for estimating the reliability of a series system
Author
Rekab, Kamel
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Math., Florida Inst. of Technol., Melbourne, FL, USA
Volume
42
Issue
2
fYear
1993
fDate
6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
287
Lastpage
290
Abstract
The reliability estimation of a series system in which the component reliabilities are unknown is considered. The optimal sampling scheme depends on parameters that are typically unknown. A sequential sampling scheme is introduced and compared with both balanced allocation and optimal allocation. Numerical comparisons for a two-component series system are given. The results indicate that the proposed sequential sampling scheme is much better than balanced allocation and is nearly optimal
Keywords
failure analysis; reliability; statistical analysis; balanced allocation; estimation; failure analysis; optimal allocation; optimal sampling; reliability; sequential sampling scheme; series system; statistical analysis; Maximum likelihood estimation; Monte Carlo methods; Performance evaluation; Reliability; Sampling methods; Sequential analysis; Statistical analysis; System testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/24.229502
Filename
229502
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