Title :
Estimating the failure order-number from reliability data with suspended items
Author :
Hastings, Nicholas A J ; Bartlett, Harold J G
Author_Institution :
Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
fDate :
6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new age-sensitive method (ASM) estimates the order-number of failures in reliability data with suspended items. ASM considers the age of the items at suspension, and is thus more sensitive than methods which consider only the sequence of events. ASM indicates greater reliability in response to increased successful performance data, even when the sequence of failures and suspensions remains unchanged
Keywords :
failure analysis; reliability theory; statistical analysis; age-sensitive method; failure order-number estimation; failure sequence; reliability data; successful performance data; suspended items; Data analysis; Failure analysis; Probability; Reliability engineering; Testing; Timing;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
