• DocumentCode
    1345610
  • Title

    Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Linear Failure Rate

  • Author

    Salvia, Anthony A.

  • Author_Institution
    Behrend Graduate Center; The Pennsylvania State University; Erie, PA 16563 USA.
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    4/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    49
  • Lastpage
    50
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a method for determining the maximum likelihood estimators for a distribution with linear failure rate. Estimates of the variance-covariance matrix are also obtained, and a numerical example given.
  • Keywords
    Chemical engineering; Mathematics; Maximum likelihood estimation; Preventive maintenance; Reactive power; Reliability engineering; Reliability theory; Sequential analysis; State estimation; Statistics; Linear failure rate; Maximum likelihood estimation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1980.5220709
  • Filename
    5220709