• DocumentCode
    3534605
  • Title

    Estimates for censored (log)normal samples

  • Author

    Lechner, James A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Standards & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    24-26 Jan 1989
  • Firstpage
    262
  • Lastpage
    268
  • Abstract
    The author presents an evaluation, by simulation, of the properties of several estimators of the parameters of the (two-parameter) lognormal distribution, for sample sizes from 10 to 60 and for right-censoring of 0 to 80% of the sample. Correction factors to reduce bias and recommendations are included. The estimators are also applicable to right-censored normal samples
  • Keywords
    failure analysis; parameter estimation; reliability; reliability theory; statistical analysis; bias reduction; correction factors; lognormal distribution; parameter estimation; right-censored normal samples; right-censoring; Books; Least squares approximation; Life estimation; Life testing; Lifetime estimation; Maximum likelihood estimation; NIST; Parameter estimation; Statistics; Test facilities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1989. Proceedings., Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARMS.1989.49613
  • Filename
    49613