PERCENTILE BOUNDS AND TOLERANCE LIMITS FOR THE BIRNBAUM-SAUNDERS DISTRIBUTION

被引:33
作者
CHANG, DS [1 ]
TANG, LC [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL UNIV SINGAPORE,DEPT IND & SYST ENGN,SINGAPORE 0511,SINGAPORE
关键词
BIRNBAUM-SAUNDERS DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; PERCENTILES; TOLERANCE LIMITS; SIMULATION;
D O I
10.1080/03610929408831420
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
In this paper, a confidence interval for the 100pth percentile of the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution is constructed. conservative two-sided tolerance limits are then obtained from the confidence limits. These results are useful for reliability evaluation when using the Birnbaum-Saunders model. A simple scheme for generating Birnbaum-Saunders random variates is derived. This is used for a simulation study on investigating the effectiveness of the proposed confidence interval in terms of its coverage probability.
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页码:2853 / 2863
页数:11
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