The Lorenz and the scaled total-time-on-test transform curves: a unified approach

Author

Pham, T.G. ; Turkkan, N.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci., Moncton Univ., NB, Canada

Volume

43

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

84

Abstract

The strong relationship between the Lorenz and scaled total time-on-test transform curves allows measures devised separately for the fields of economics and reliability to be applied to the other field as well. This article shows that, more accurately, the Gini-index and Pietra-ratio can be useful in reliability analysis and that several other questions remain to be explored. Associated graphical methods can be very useful within an integrated approach. A user-friendly computer software developed by the authors is useful to theoreticians and practitioners alike

Keywords

economics; reliability theory; Gini-index; Lorenz curve; Pietra-ratio; economics; gamma distribution; graphical methods; integrated approach; reliability; reliability analysis; scaled total-time-on-test transform curve; user-friendly computer software; Application software; Convergence; Data analysis; Distributed computing; Econometrics; Graphics; Probability; Reliability theory; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Reliability, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9529

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/24.285115

Filename

285115