Title :
Simple Bayes Test of Equality of Exponential Means
Author_Institution :
Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Faculty of science; University of Windsor; Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 CANADA.
Abstract :
An approximate x2-test statistic tests the homogeneity of scale parameters of several exponential distributions from a Bayes viewpoint under types I and II censoring. The quantiles of the statistic are simulated and found to be very close to the exact quantiles of a x2 distribution.
Keywords :
Analytical models; Chaos; Exponential distribution; Iterative methods; Life testing; Light rail systems; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Bartlett test; Bayes; Exponential distribution; Posterior analysis; Simulation; Wilson-Hilferty approximation;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1987.5222484
