• DocumentCode
    1348119
  • Title

    Moments in Terms of the Mean Residual Life Function

  • Author

    Gupta, Ramesh C.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Mathematics; University of Maine; Orono, Maine 04469 USA.
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    450
  • Lastpage
    451
  • Abstract
    In reliability studies, the mean additional life time, given that a component has survived until time t, is called the mean residual life function (MRLF). This MRLF determines the distribution function uniquely. In this paper a method of obtaining the moments in terms of the MRLF, by employing a result in the context of renewal theory, is developed. The method is illustrated by an example.
  • Keywords
    Distribution functions; Hazards; Life testing; Probability; Random variables; Reliability theory; Statistics; Weibull distribution; Failure rate; Mean residual life function; Moments;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1981.5221164
  • Filename
    5221164
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1348119