Date of Award:
5-1970
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Mathematics and Statistics
Department name when degree awarded
Applied Statistics
Committee Chair(s)
Ronald V. Canfield
Committee
Ronald V. Canfield
Abstract
A new model developed for the entire bathtub-shaped hazard rate curve has been evaluated as to its usefulness as a method of reliability estimation. The model is of the form:
F(t) = 1 - exp - (ϴ1tL + ϴ2t + ϴ3tM)
where "L" and "M" were assumed known.
The estimate of reliability obtained from the new model was compared with the traditional restricted sample estimate for four different time intervals and was found to have less bias and variance for all time points.
This was a monte carlo study and the data generated showed that the new model has much potential as a method for estimating reliability.
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362ed97c180e22171ce8fc727881369c
Recommended Citation
Leithead, Glen S., "Model for Bathtub-Shaped Hazard Rate: Monte Carlo Study" (1970). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 6840.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6840
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