• DocumentCode
    1198409
  • Title

    Reliability Modeling: Linear Combination and Ratio of Exponential and Rayleigh

  • Author

    Kibria, B. M Golam ; Nadarajah, Saralees

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Stat., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL
  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    102
  • Lastpage
    105
  • Abstract
    The distributions of linear combinations, and ratios of random variables arise explicitly in many reliability problems. This has increased the need to have available the widest possible range of statistical results on products of random variables. In this paper, the exact distributions of alphaX+betaY, and X/Y are derived when X, and Y follow two of the most applied models in reliability. Computer programs for calculating the associated percentage points are also given
  • Keywords
    exponential distribution; reliability; Rayleigh distribution; exponential distribution; linear combination distributions; random variables; reliability modeling; statistical results; Bicycles; Bridges; Chemicals; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Distribution functions; Probability density function; Random variables; Shafts; Vehicles; Linear combination of random variables; ratio of random variables; reliability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.2006.884591
  • Filename
    4118434