Title :
A Bayes Explanation of an Apparent Failure Rate Paradox
Author :
Barlow, Richard E.
Author_Institution :
Operations Research Center; University of California; Berkeley, California 94720 USA.
fDate :
6/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
For the exponential life distribution model and any prior distribution for the failure rate parameter, the predictive distribution has a decreasing failure rate. A Bayes explanation is given of why this is logically reasonable.
Keywords :
Estimation theory; Exponential distribution; Failure analysis; Hazards; Predictive models; Probability; Reliability engineering; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Testing; Bayes estimate; Exponential distribution; Failure rate; Predictive distribution;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1985.5221964
