SAMPLE SIZES FOR ESTIMATING THE WEIBULL HAZARD FUNCTION FROM CENSORED SAMPLES

被引:12
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作者
MEEKER, WQ
ESCOBAR, LA
HILL, DA
机构
[1] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT STAT,AMES,IA 50011
[2] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,DEPT EXPTL STAT,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
[3] MOTOROLA INC,AUTOMOT & IND ELECTR,NORTHBROOK,IL 60602
关键词
FAILURE RATE; LIFE TEST; TYPE-I CENSORING; TYPE-II CENSORING; LOCATION-SCALE DISTRIBUTION;
D O I
10.1109/24.126687
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
An important part of planning a life test is the specification of the sample size needed to achieve a specified degree of precision from the experiment. The hazard function is frequently used as a decision criterion, especially in replacement decisions. In this paper we show how to choose the sample size needed to estimate a point on the hazard function with a specified degree of precision. We provide an easy-to-use graph that can be used with the Weibull distribution and a life test that will be terminated after a pre-specified amount of time. We describe how to apply the methodology with other time-to-failure distributions and other kinds of life tests.
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页码:133 / 138
页数:6
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