• DocumentCode
    1354048
  • Title

    Recursive Estimation of Phased-Mission Reliability

  • Author

    Singh, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Senior Lecturer; Department of Mathematics; Monash University; Clayton, Victoria 3168 AUSTRALIA.
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    545
  • Lastpage
    549
  • Abstract
    A state-space model is considered for estimating the time-varying availability of a system through the Bayes approach. A comparative study of conjugate and noninformative priors is made. An approximation to the highest posterior density interval estimate is given. A numerical example is discussed for illustration. Solutions to some special forms of the state-space model are given.
  • Keywords
    Availability; Probability distribution; Recursive estimation; Reliability theory; Sampling methods; State estimation; Statistical analysis; Steady-state; Time varying systems; Bayes decision rule; Beta distribution; Conjugate prior; Highest posterior density interval; Mellin transform; Noninformative prior; Recursive procedure; State-space model; Z-transform;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1985.5222260
  • Filename
    5222260