• DocumentCode
    1354335
  • Title

    How to Identify a Bathtub Hazard Rate

  • Author

    Aarset, Magne Vollan

  • Author_Institution
    Storebrand Ins. Co.; N-0114 Oslo 1, NORWAY.
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    4/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    106
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    The Total Time on Test (TTT) concept is a useful tool in several reliability contexts. This note presents a new test statistic, based on the TTT plot, for testing if a random sample is generated from a life distribution with constant versus bathtub-shaped hazard rate.
  • Keywords
    Art; Hazards; Life testing; Minimax techniques; Probability; Reliability theory; Shape; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Stochastic processes; Bathtub curve; Hazard rate; Lifetime data; Total time on test;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.1987.5222310
  • Filename
    5222310