• Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.80-87
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• 1990

In reliability and life testing the mean residual life (MRL) of an item plays a significant role. While there has been a great deal of discussion on the theoretical aspects of the MRL, good estimators of MRL have been difficult to obtain. In this paper we propose a new estimator of the MRL of items at a given age, which is especially good for a small sample. The new estimator compares favorably with the empirical MRL estimator for small samples.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2005

We show how comparative mean residual life functions (MRL) can be used to give unique insights into strengths of materials data. Recall that Weibull's original reliability function was developed studying and fitting strengths for various materials. This creative comparing of MRL functions approach can be used for regular life data or any time to response data. We apply graphical MRL's to real data from tests of tensile strength of high quality engineered wood.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.177-186
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• 2006

Typical confidence intervals for a mean or mean residual life (MRL) are centered about the mean or mean residual life. We discuss novel confidence intervals that produce statements like "we are 95% confident that the MRL function, e(t), is greater than a prespecified $\mu_o$ for all t in the interval [0, $\hat{\theta})$)" where $\hat{\theta}$ is determined from the sample data, confidence level, and $\mu_o$. Also, we can have statements like 'we are 95% confident that the MRL of population 1, namely $e_1$(t), is greater than the MRL of population 2, $e_2$(t), for all t in the interval [0, $\hat{\theta}$)" where $\hat{\theta}$ is determined from the sample data and confidence level. We illustrate these one and two sample confidence intervals on internal bonds (tensile strengths) for an important modem engineered wood product, called medium density fiberboard (MDF), used internationally.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1997-2003
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• 2010

평균잔여수명은 공학, 의학, 생존분석, 사회과학 등 많은 분야에서 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. 특히 시스템의 신뢰성연구에서 시스템의 갑작스런 중지는 심각한 문제를 초래하기 때문에, 부품에 대한 평균잔여수명 추정은 매우 중요하다. 그래서 많은 상황변수를 고려한 시뮬레이션 연구가 되어왔다. 본 연구에서는 임의절단(random censoring) 에서 가지 평균잔여수명 추정기법을 소개하고 3가지 와이블 수명분포와 6가지 절단분포의 조합에서 시뮬레이션하였다. 또한 이들의 성과를 편의(bias)와 MSE측면에서 비교 분석하였다.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2002

The problem of trend change in the mean residual life is great Interest in the reliability and survival analysis. In this paper, a new test statistic for testing whether or not the mean residual life changes its trend Is developed. It is assumed that neither the change point nor the proportion at which the trend change occurs is known. The asymptotic null distribution of test statistic is established and asymptotic critical values of the asymptotic null distribution is obtained. Monte Carlo simulation is used to compare the proposed test with previously known tests.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.78-85
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• 2002

The problem of trend change in the mean residual life is great interest in the reliability and survival analysis. In this paper, a new test statistic for testing whether or not the mean residual life changes its trend is developed. It is assumed that neither the change point nor the proportion at which the trend change occurs is known. The asymptotic null distribution of test statistic is established and asymptotic critical values of the asymptotic null distribution is obtained. Monte Carlo simulation is used to compare the proposed test with previously known tests.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.111-118
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• 1994

In this paper we propose a parametric and a nonparametric small sample estimators for the mean residual life (MRL) under the random censorship model using the partial moment approximation. We also compare the proposed nonparametric estimator with the well-known nonparametric MRL estimator based on Kaplan-Meier estimator of the survival function, and present the efficiency of the nonparametric method relative to the Weibull model for small samples.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.89-100
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• 1994

본 논문에서는 평균 잔여수명의 추정에 있어서 Weibull과 gamma 분포의 평균 잔여수명을 구하는데 적분이 쉽게 되지 않으므로 부분적률에 근거한 새로운 추정량을 제시하였으며, 비록 이 추정량은 일치추정량이 아니지만 소표본인 경우에서 일치추정량인 기존의 경험적 추정량보다 평균제곱오차가 작다는 것을 몬테칼로 기법을 써서 보였다.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.80-90
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• 1995

In this paper we consider a new estimator of mean residual life(MRL) under the random censorship model, based on the partial moment of the distribution. The parameters of a partial moment are estimated by its maximum likelihood estimators when the underlying distribution is known. Though the new estimator is not a consistent estimator of the MRL, it is shown to have smaller mean squared error than the well known empirical MRL estimator for a parametric family. We also compare the proposed estimator with some other estimators in terms of MSE for exponential and lognormal distributions using censored data.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.11-21
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• 1997

The mean residual life(MRL) function gives the expected remaining life of a item at age t. In particular F is said to be an increasing intially then decreasing MRL(IDMRL) distribution if there exists a turing point $t^*\ge0$ such that m(s)$\le$ m(t) for 0$$\le s$\le$ t $t^*$, m(s)$\ge$ m(t) for $t^*\le$ s$\le$ t. If the preceding inequality is reversed, F is said to be a decreasing initially then increasing MRL(DIMRL) distribution. Hawkins, et al.(1992) proposed test of H0 : F is exponential versus$H_1$: F is IDMRL, and $H_0$ versus $H_1$' : F is DIMRL when turning point is unknown. Their test is based on a complete random sample $X_1$, …, $X_n$ from F. In this paper, we generalized Hawkins-Kochar-Loader test to random censored data.