Title :
System Reliability: Exact Bayesian Intervals Compared with Fiducial Intervals
Author :
Berkbigler, Kathryn P. ; Byers, James K.
Author_Institution :
Graduate Center for Cloud Physics Research//University of Missouri-Rolla//Rolla, Mo. 65401 USA
Abstract :
This paper compares numerically two different, widely used lower limit estimates for the reliability of a series system: Bayesian limits and fiducial limits. The fiducial limits are obtained by Monte Carlo simulation because of its simplicity and ease of computer programming. Subsystem failures are s-independent and exponentially distributed; life test data are available for estimating the failure rate of each system.
Keywords :
Bayesian methods; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Life estimation; Life testing; Monte Carlo methods; Probability; Reliability theory; Statistics; System testing;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1975.5215151