DocumentCode
1495114
Title
Reliability assessment with amalgamated data via the expectation-maximization algorithm
Author
Gouno, Evans ; Courtrai, Luc
Author_Institution
Univ. de Bretagne-Sud, Vannes, France
Volume
47
Issue
4
fYear
1998
fDate
12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
425
Lastpage
430
Abstract
A solution is given to the problem of estimating reliability indicators in a context of crude data arising in an industrial study devoted to the reliability assessment of electronic calculators used in modern airplanes. The authors introduce the concept of amalgamated data and develop an expectation-maximization algorithm to obtain a maximum likelihood estimator of the reliability function and the cumulative failure intensity associated with the lifetime of calculators
Keywords
aircraft; electronic calculators; failure analysis; maximum likelihood estimation; reliability; airplanes; amalgamated data; calculator lifetime; crude data; cumulative failure intensity; electronic calculators; expectation-maximization algorithm; maximum likelihood estimator; reliability assessment; reliability function; Airplanes; Calculators; Electronics industry; Expectation-maximization algorithms; Fuel processing industries; Industrial electronics; Life estimation; Lifetime estimation; Maximum likelihood estimation; Upper bound;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/24.756085
Filename
756085
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