Life testing for multi-component systems with incomplete information on the cause of failure: a study on some inspection strategies

A statistical study on inspection strategies in life testing, for multi-component systems, with incomplete information on the cause of failure is carried out. Optimal or nearly optimal inspection strategies are discussed, which allow the user to obtain substantial savings. Simulation results on the...

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Published in:Computational statistics & data analysis 1996-08, Vol.22 (4), p.373-393
Main Authors: Gupta, Shanti S., Gastaldi, Tommaso
Format: Article
Language:English
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Applications
Biology, psychology, social sciences
Competing risk model
Exact sciences and technology
Insurance, economics, finance
Masked data
Mathematics
Medical sciences
Multi-component system
Probability and statistics
Random censoring
Reliability, life testing, quality control
Sciences and techniques of general use
Statistics
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Summary:A statistical study on inspection strategies in life testing, for multi-component systems, with incomplete information on the cause of failure is carried out. Optimal or nearly optimal inspection strategies are discussed, which allow the user to obtain substantial savings. Simulation results on the respective performances of these strategies are presented.
ISSN:0167-9473
1872-7352
DOI:10.1016/0167-9473(95)00059-3