Journal Published Online: 01 July 2012
Volume 40, Issue 4

Reliability Evaluation of Failure Data with Poor Information

CODEN: JTEVAB

Abstract

For costly and dangerous experiments, growing attention has been paid to the problem of the reliability of failure data with small sample sizes. The existing reliability theory relies on a given probability distribution, such as the Weibull distribution and the exponential distribution; thus it is ineffective if the probability distribution is unknown. This paper proposes the grey bootstrap method for the reliability analysis of very few failure data with a known or unknown probability distribution. The grey bootstrap method can be employed to generate many simulated data with few data outputted by a population, as well as to imitate the probability distribution of this population. The experimental investigation shows that the grey bootstrap method is effective in analyzing reliability with small sample sizes without any prior information of the probability distribution.

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Xia, Xintao
Mechatronical Engineering College, Henan Univ. of Science and Technology, Luoyang, CN
Pages: 5
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Stock #: JTE104407
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE104407