Point and interval estimation for a simple step-stress model with type-II censoring

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-47

  Balakrishnan, N ^a,e   Kundu, Debasis ^b,e   Ng, Hon Keung Tony ^c,e   Kannan, Nandini ^d,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e Department of Mathematics and Statistics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated testing; Bootstrap method; Conditional moment generating function; Cumulative exposure model; Exponential distribution; Maximum likelihood estimation; Spacings; Step stress models; Type II censoring

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY THEORY; STRESS MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ACCELERATED TESTING; BOOTSTRAP METHOD; CONDITIONAL MOMENT GENERATING FUNCTION; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURE MODEL; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPACINGS; STEP STRESS MODELS; TYPE-II CENSORING;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 33847735552     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2007.11917671     Document Type: Article

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