• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.171-181
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• 2003

This paper proposes a U-test statistic for the problem of testing that a life distribution is exponential against the alternative that it is harmonic new better (worse) than used in expectation upper tail HNBUET (HNWUET), but not exponential on complete data. Selected critical values are tabulated for sample sizes n =5(1)60. The asymptotic normality of the statistic is proved and a comparison is made of the asymptotic efficiency between the statistic and other statistics. The power of the test is studied by simulation. A test for HNBUET in the case of randomly right-censored data is also considered. An application of the proposed test statistic in medical sciences is given.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.59-62
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• 2009

We comment on a new testing procedure for testing exponentiality against different ageing classes. We show that the proposed test is inappropriate at least for two alternatives. We point out the subtle flaw in their argument.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.289-302
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• 1993

A goodness-of-fit test for the two-parameter exponential distribution, for use with the singly Type I and Type II right censored samples, is proposed. The test statistic is based on the $L_1$-norm of discrepancy between the cumulative distribution function and the empirical distribution function. To deal with the unknown parameters problem, the K- transformation is considered and modified to be applied to the censored samples. Rosenblatt's transformation is extended to the cases of Type I and Type II censored samples, in order to transform the censored samples into the complete ones. The critial values of the test statistic are obtained by Monte Carlo simulations for some finite sample sizes. The power studies are conducted to compare the proposed test with the Pettitt(1977) test for exponentiality with censored samples. It appears that the proposed test has relatively good power properties for moderate and large sample sizes.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.369-378
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• 2001

본 논문에서는, 신뢰성분석에서 고려되는 평균고장률의 추이에 관한 검정법에 대해 연구하였다. 즉, 수명분포가 지수분포를 따르는지 또는 수명분포의 평균고장률이 증가하는지를 검정하는 검정통계량을 제안하였다. 제안된 검정통계량은 순서통계량의 선형 함수의 형태로 이루어져 있고 대표본 뿐만 아니라 소표본에서도 쉽게 적용될 수 있다. 또한 제안된 검정통계량의 점근상대효율을 평가하기 위해, Klefsjo(1983)가 제안한 검정통계량과 비교하여 보았다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.951-963
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose goodness of fit test statistics based on the estimated Kullback-Leibler information functions using the data from three step stress accelerated life test. This acceleration model is assumed to be a tampered random variable model. The power of the proposed test under various alternatives is compared with Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic, Cramer-von Mises statistic and Anderson-Darling statistic.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.143-151
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• 1999

In this thesis, a new test statistic is proposed for testing exponentiality against New Better than Used (NBU) alternatives. Our test statistic, which is based on a quadratic function of the order statistics from the sample, is readily applied in the case of small sample. Also, Our test statistic is more simple than the test statistic of Hollander and Proschan(1972).

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.138-144
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• 1991

In this paper, we suggest the test statistic based on the total time on test (TTT-) transtorm for testing exponentiality against new better than used in convex ordering (NBUC) and its dual, new worse than used in convex ordering (NWUC). The validity of the test is examined by simulation for some alternative distributions when the sample size is n = 10 and n = 20.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.49-56
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• 2012

Using total time on test transform (TTT), a new approach is taken for testing exponentiality versus the unknown age, exponential better than equilibrium life in convex ordering (EBELC). Selected critical values are tabulated for sample size n =2(2)50 and powers of the test are estimated for some commonly used distributions in reliability. Finally real example is presented to illustrate the theoretical results.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.311-319
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• 2012

The simplest and the most important distribution in survival analysis is exponential distribution. Koziol and Green (1976) derived Cram$\acute{e}$r-von Mises statistic's randomly censored version based on the Kaplan-Meier product limit estimate of the distribution function; however, it could not be practical for a real data set since the statistic is for testing a simple goodness of fit hypothesis. We generalized it to the composite hypothesis for exponentiality with an unknown scale parameter. We also considered the classical Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic and generalized it by the exact same way. The two statistics are compared through a simulation study. As a result, we can see that the generalized Koziol-Green statistic has better power in most of the alternative distributions considered.

• Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.101-116
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• 1997

This is primarily an expository paper that presents several nonparametric procedures for testing exponentiality against certain monotonicity properties of the mean residual life function, tests against the trend change in such function attract a great deal of attention of late in reliability analysis. In this note, we present some of the known testing procedures regarding the behavior of mean residual life function. These tests are also compared in terms of asymptotic relative efficiency and empirical power against a few alternatives. The tests based on incomplete data are also briefly discussed.