A. Clifford Cohen, Betty Jones Whitten

Parameter Estimation in Reliability and Life Span Models

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers an applications-oriented treatment of parameter estimation from both complete and censored samples; contains notations, simplified formats for estimates, graphical techniques, and numerous tables and charts allowing users to calculate estimates and analyze sample data quickly and easily.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780367403348
• ISBN-10: 036740334X
• Artikelnr.: 58068589

Autorenporträt

A. Clifford Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Georgia in Athens, where he has been affiliated since 1947. An editorial board member of the Journal of Quality Technology, Dr. Cohen has published more than 60 research papers and technical reports on the subjects of estimation from truncated and censored samples, and modified estimators. He is a Fellow and Founding Member of the American Society for Quality Control, Founding Member of the Operations Research Society of America, Fellow of the American Statistical Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science, and member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Mathematical Association of America, International Statistical Institute, and Sigma Xi. He is certified by the American Society for Quality Control as both a quality engineer and a reliability engineer. Dr. Cohen received the B.S. (1932) and M.S. (1933) degrees in electrical engineering from Auburn University in Alabama, and M.A. (1940) and Ph.D. (1941) degrees in mathematics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Betty Jones Whitten is Associate Professor in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Georgia in Athens. She has coedited one book, and authored or coauthored more than 30 articles, proceedings papers and technical reports on her research interests in estimation procedures in life testing distributions, modified moment estimation for the three-parameter gamma, inverse Gaussian, lognormal and Weibull distributions, and other related topics. She is the recipient of the first Josiah Meigs Award for Excellence in Teaching and Pro Optime Perdocendo Honoratus Award from the University of Georgia. Dr. Whitten is treasurer of the Decision Sciences Institute (national office), president of the Southeastern Region of the Decision Sciences Institute, and a member of the American Statistical Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Beta Gamma Sigma. She received the B.S. (1962) and M.S. (1963) degrees in mathematics from the University of Illinois in Urbana, and Ph.D. (1972) degree in statistics from the University of Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Programs
1.INTRODUCTION. Introductory Remarks. An Overview of Skewed Distributions.
Parameter Estimation. Some Comparisons.2. CONCEPTS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF
RELIABILITY AND LIFE DISTRIBUTION DATA. Life Distributions and Reliability
Discrete Models. 3.THE WEIBULL, EXPONENTIAL, AND EXTREME VALUE
DISTRIBUTIONS. Background. Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution.
Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Moment Estimators. Modified Moment
Estimators. Wycoff, Bain, Engelhardt, and Zanakis Estimators. Special
Cases: Shape Parameter o Known. Errors of Estimates. The Exponential
Distribution. The Extreme Value Distribution. Illustrative Examples.
Reflections. 4. LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION Introduction. Some Fundamentals.
Moment Estimators. Maximum Likelihood Estimators. Asymptotic Variances and
Covariances. Modified Moment Estimators. Illustrative Examples.
Reflections. 5. THE INVERSE GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION. Background. The
Probability Density Function. Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Asymptotic
Variances and Covariances. Moment Estimators. Modified Moment Estimators.
Illustrative Examples. Reflections. 6. THE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION. Background.
The Density Function and Its Characteristics.Moment Estimators. Maximum
Likelihood Estimators. Asymptotic Variances and Covariances. Modified
Moment Estimators. Illustrative Examples. Reflections. 7. CENSORED SAMPLING
IN THE EXPONENTIAL AND WEIBULL DISTRIBUTIONS. Introduction. Progressively
Censored Samples. Censored Samples from the Exponential Distribution.
Censored Samples from the Weibull Distribution. The Hazard Plot. Estimate
Variances and Covariances. An Illustrative Example. 8. CENSORED AND
TRUNCATED SAMPLES FROM THENORMAL AND THE LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS.
Introductory Remarks. Maximum Likelihood Estimation Modified Maximum
Likelihood Estimators for Lognormal Parameters Based on Censored Samples.
Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Normal Distribution. An Illustrative
Example from a Lognormal Distribution. CENSORED SAMPLING IN THE INVERSE
GAUSSIAN AND GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS. Introduction. Censored Sampling in the
Inverse Gaussian Distribution. A Pseudocomplete Sample Technique. Censored
Sampling in the Gamma Distribution. An Illustrative Example. 10. THE
RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTION. Introduction. Maximum Likelihood and Moment
Estimation in the p-Dimensional Distribution. Special Cases. Complete
Sample Estimators When p = 1, 2, and 3. Two-Parameter Rayleigh
Distribution. Estimation in the Two-Parameter Rayleigh Distribution.
Truncated Samples. Censored Samples. Reliability of Estimates. Illustrative
Examples. Parameter Estimation in the Two-Parameter Rayleigh Distribution
of Dimension 2, When Samples Are Censored. Some Concluding Remarks 11. THE
PARETO DISTRIBUTION. Introduction. Some Fundamentals. Parameter Estimation
from Complete Samples. Parameter Estimation from Truncated Censored
Samples. Reliability of Estimates. An Illustrative Example 12. THE
GENERALIZED GAMMA DISTRIBUTION. Introduction. Parameter Estimation in the
Three-Parameter Distribution. The Four-Parameter Distribution. Estimate
Variances and Covariances. Simplified Computational Procedures for the
Modified Moment Estimators. Illustrative Examples Censored Samples.
Asymptotic Variances and Covariances of Maximum Likelihood Estimators. An
Illustrative Example Some Comments and Recommendations. APPENDIX A. SOME
CONCLUDING REMARKS. FURTHER COMPARISONS. TABLES OF CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
FUNCTIONS. COMPUTER PROGRAMS. Glossary. Bibliography. Index