Accession Number:

ADA017780

Title:

Asymptotic Theory of Total Time on Test Processes, with Applications to Life Testing.

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.,

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY OPERATIONS RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Barlow,Richard E.
• Proschan,Frank

Report Date:

1975-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

The concept of interval failure rate is introduced and estimators based on the total time on test process are studied. The interval failure rate estimators for nonoverlapping intervals are asymptotically normal and, surprisingly, independent. A directional multivariate version of the univariate failure rate is defined and its properties are investigated. Multivariate total time on test processes are also defined. Author

Descriptors:

• *Life tests
• *Multivariate analysis
• *Reliability
• Failure
• Time
• Rates
• Estimates
• Probability
• Statistical distributions

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE