Accession Number:

ADA037969

Title:

Transformation Yielding Reliability Models Based on Independent Random Variables: A Survey.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

FLORIDA STATE UNIV TALLAHASSEE DEPT OF STATISTICS

Personal Author(s):

• Langberg,N.
• Quinzi,A. J.
• Proschan,F.

Report Date:

1977-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

This is an expository paper presenting various ways of transforming dependent models into independent ones and displaying applications in variety of contexts including reliability modelling, life testing, and nonparametric estimation in the study of competing risks. Author

Descriptors:

• *MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• *RANDOM VARIABLES
• *TRANSFORMATIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• *RELIABILITY
• STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
• LIFE EXPECTANCY(SERVICE LIFE)
• MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
• NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
• EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• LIFE TESTS
• DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
• THEOREMS
• RISK ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE