Title :
Testing whether failure rate changes its trend
Author_Institution :
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln, NE, USA
fDate :
10/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new test procedure is proposed for testing the constant failure rate against the alternative that the failure rate changes its trend, assuming that the proportion of the population that fails at or before the change-point of failure rate is known. The test procedure is based on the L-statistic theory and the power of the test is investigated for small samples by Monte Carlo experiment
Keywords :
failure analysis; life testing; reliability theory; statistical analysis; L-statistic theory; Monte Carlo experiment; failure rate trend changes; test procedure; Ducts; Failure analysis; Life testing; Manufacturing; Monte Carlo methods; Parametric statistics; Reliability theory; Shape; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
