Title :
Comment on: a hazard function approximation used in reliability theory
Author :
Amari, Suprasad V.
Author_Institution :
Relex Software Corp., Greensburg, PA, USA
fDate :
3/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In a recent paper, Keren & Mehrez have shown that in the case of a geometric probability mass function, the approximation to the cumulative hazard function converges to a finite value (1.606695), when the actual value of the cumulative hazard function should be diverging. In this commentary, we show that gives incorrect results, and that the corresponding results for the approximation are actually diverging.
Keywords :
approximation theory; probability; reliability theory; approximation; cumulative hazard function approximation; geometric probability mass function; reliability theory; survivor function; Equations; Function approximation; H infinity control; Hazards; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Cumulative hazard function; hazard function; survivor function;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.2004.842529