The Theory and Applications of Reliability with Emphasis on Bayesian and Nonparametric Methods

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages vii-viii
Preface, Pages ix-xi
Acknowledgments, Pages xiii-xiv, Chris P. Tsokos, I.N. Shimi
Contents of Volume II, Pages xv-xvi
THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH PROGRAM – A NEW LOOK, Pages 1-4, COLONEL RONALD A. BENA
THE BAYESIAN AND NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH TO RELIABILITY STUDIES: A SURVEY OF RECENT WORK, Pages 5-47, I. Shimi, C.P. Tsokos
BAYESIAN LIFE TESTING USING THE TOTAL Q ON TEST, Pages 49-66, WILLIAM S. JEWELL
A BAYESIAN APPROACH FOR TESTING INCREASING FAILURE RATE, Pages 67-83, ROBERT H. LOCHNER, A.P. BASU
NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS, Pages 85-107, MYLES HOLLANDER, RAMESH M. KORWAR
A CLASS OF DISTRIBUTIONS USEFUL IN LIFE TESTING AND RELIABILITY WITH APPLICATIONS TO NONPARAMETRIC TESTING, Pages 109-129, Z. GOVINDARAJULU
A GENERALIZED WILCOXON MANN-WHITNEY STATISTIC WITH SOME APPLICATIONS IN RELIABILITY, Pages 131-149, A.P. BASU
THE ASYMPTOTIC THEORY OF EXTREME ORDER STATISTICS, Pages 151-164, JANOS GALAMBOS
ESTIMATING AND FORECASTING FAILURE-RATE PROCESSES BY MEANS OF THE KALMAN FILTER, Pages 165-192, H.F. MARTZ JR., K. CAMPBELL, H.T. DAVIS
SHOCK AND WEAR MODELS AND MARKOV ADDITIVE PROCESSES, Pages 193-214, ERHAN CINLAR
THE MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEMS GOVERNED BY SEMI-MARKOV SHOCK MODELS, Pages 215-226, RICHARD M. FELDMAN
BOUNDS FOR THE DISTRIBUTIONS AND HAZARD GRADIENTS OF MULTIVARIATE RANDOM MINIMUMS, Pages 227-242, MOSHE SHAKED
THE ROLE OF THE POISSON DISTRIBUTION IN APPROXIMATING SYSTEM RELIABILITY OF k-OUT-OF-n STRUCTURES, Pages 243-258, R.J. SERFLING
CONVERTING DEPENDENT MODELS INTO INDEPENDENT ONES, WITH APPLICATIONS IN RELIABILITY, Pages 259-276, N. LANGBERG, F. PROSCHAN, A.J. QUINZI
STRUCTURAL INFERENCE ON RELIABILITY IN A LOGNORMAL MODEL, Pages 277-306, DANNY DYER
UNIFORMLY MOST POWERFUL UNBIASED TESTS FOR THE PARAMETERS OF THE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION, Pages 307-314, MAX ENGELHARDT, LEE J. BAIN
UNBALANCED RANDOM-EFFECT MODEL WITH UNEQUAL GROUP VARIANCES: ESTIMATION OF DESIGN PARAMETERS ALLOWING FOR SCREENED BATCHES, Pages 315-328, K.W. FERTIG, N.R. MANN
SOME STOCHASTIC CHARACTERIZATIONS OF MULTIVARIATE SURVIVAL, Pages 329-348, WILLIAM B. BUCHANAN, NOZER D. SINGPURWALLA
A FAMILY OF BIVARIATE LIFE DISTRIBUTIONS, Pages 349-371, HENRY W. BLOCK
TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING MULTIVARIATE FAILURE DATA, Pages 373-396, RICHARD E. BARLOW, FRANK PROSCHAN
OPTIMAL REPLACEMENT POLICIES FOR DEVICES SUBJECT TO A GAMMA WEAR PROCESS, Pages 397-412, MOHAMED ABDEL-HAMEED
SOME LIMIT THEOREMS IN STANDBY REDUNDANCY WITH RENEWALS, Pages 413-421, Z. KHALIL
SOME ASPECTS OF THE USE OF THE MANN-FERTIG STATISTIC TO OBTAIN CONFIDENCE INTERVAL ESTIMATES FOR THE THRESHOLD PARAMETER OF THE WEIBULL, Pages 423-432, PAUL N. SOMERVILLE
OPPORTUNISTIC REPLACEMENT POLICIES, Pages 433-447, DAVINDER P.S. SETHI
ON SELECTING WHICH OF k POPULATIONS EXCEED A STANDARD, Pages 449-473, RAY E. SCHAFER
ON GENERALIZED MULTIVARIATE GAMMA TYPE DISTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN RELIABILITY, Pages 475-494, P.R. KRISHNAIAH
ON SOME OPTIMAL SAMPLING PROCEDURES FOR SELECTION PROBLEMS, Pages 495-505, SHANTI S. GUPTA, DENG-YUAN HUANG
CLASSIFICATION RULES FOR EXPONENTIAL POPULATIONS: TWO PARAMETER CASE, Pages 507-525, A.P. BASU, A.K. GUPTA
A BIVARIATE EXPONENTIAL MODEL WITH APPLICATIONS TO RELIABILITY AND COMPUTER GENERATION OF RANDOM VARIABLES, Pages 527-549, D.S. FRIDAY, G.P. PATIL