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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.5.2603

Statistical Modeling of Joint Distribution Functions for Reliability Analysis  

Noh, Yoojeong (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Keimyung University)
Lee, Sangjin (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Keimyung University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.5, 2014 , pp. 2603-2609 More about this Journal
Abstract
Reliability analysis of mechanical systems requires statistical modeling of input random variables such as distribution function types and statistical parameters that affect the performance of the mechanical systems. Some random variables are correlated, but considered as independent variables or wrong assumptions on input random variables have been used. In this paper, joint distributions were modeled using copulas and Bayesian method from limited number of data. To verify the proposed method, statistical simulation tests were carried out for various number of samples and correlation coefficients. As a result, the Bayesian method selected the most probable copula types among candidate copulas even though the candidate copula shapes are similar for low correlations or the number of data is limited. The most probable copulas also yielded similar reliabilities with the true reliability obtained from a true copula, so that it can be concluded that the Bayesian method provides accurate statistical modeling for the reliability analysis.
Keywords
Bayesian method; Copula; Joint cumulative distribution function; Reliability analysis; Statistical modeling;
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