Reliability Estimation in Series Systems Maximum Likelihood Techniques for Right-Censored and Masked Failure Data
This paper investigates maximum likelihood techniques to estimate component reliability from masked failure data in series systems. A likelihood model accounts for right-censoring and candidate sets indicative of masked failure causes. Extensive simulation studies assess the accuracy and precision o…
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