Optimal sample size allocation for tests with multiple levels of stress with extreme value regression

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-249

  Ng, H K T ^a   Balakrishnan, N ^b   Chan, P S ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Lifetime data; Maximum likelihood estimators; Proportional hazard; Survival analysis; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LIFE-TESTING; EXTREME VALUE REGRESSION; LIFETIME DATA; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34047227321     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20207     Document Type: Article

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