A nonparametric approach to accelerated life testing under multiple stresses

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 629-644

  Devarajan, Karthik ^a   Ebrahimi, Nader ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Acceleration coefficient; Acceleration function; Bootstrap method; Consistent estimator; Maximum likelihood estimator

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SERVICE LIFE; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING; ACCELERATION COEFFICIENT; ACCELERATION FUNCTION; BOOTSTRAP METHOD;

LOGISTICS;

EID: 0032164771     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6750(199809)45:6<629::aid-nav6>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Basu, A.P., and Ebrahimi, N., "Non-Parametric Accelerated Life Testing," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, R-31, 432-435 (1982).
2. Devarajan, K., "A Non-Parametric Estimation Procedure for Accelerated Life Tests with Two Stresses," Unpublished Master's Thesis, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 1994.
3. Efron, B., and Tibshirani, R.J., An Introduction to the Bootstrap, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1993.
4. Glaser, R.E., "Estimation for a Weibull Accelerated Life Testing Model," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 31, 559-570 (1984).
5. Nelson, W.B., Accelerated Testing, Statistical Models, Test Plans and Data Analyses, Wiley, New York, 1990.
6. Shaked, M., and Singpurwalla, N.D., "Non-Parametric Estimation and Goodness of Fit Testing of Hypotheses for Distributions in Accelerated Life Testing," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, R-31, 69-74 (1982).
7. Shaked, M., Zimmer, W.J., and Ball, C.A., "A Non-Parametric Approach to Accelerated Life Testing," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 74, 694-699 (1979).
8. Strelec, H. and Viertl, R., "Estimation of Acceleration Functions in Reliability Theory Under Multi-Component Stress," Progress in Cybernetics and Systems Research, 10, 455-459 (1982).
9. Toland, R.H., and Chiao, C.C., "Stress-Rupture Life of Kevlar/Epoxy Spherical Pressure Vessels," UCID-17755, Part 2. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA.