N. Unnikrishnan Nair, P.G. Sankaran, N. Balakrishnan
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Birkhäuser,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xx, 397 p.) :
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ill. (some col.)
SERIES
Series Title
Statistics for industry and technology
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface -- Chapter I. Quantile Functions -- Chapter II. Quantile-Based Reliability Concepts -- Chapter III. Quantile Function Models -- Chapter IV. Ageing Concepts -- Chapter V. Total Time on Test Transforms (TTT) -- Chapter VI. L-Moments of Residual Life and Partial Moments -- Chapter VII. Nonmonotone Hazard Quantile Functions -- Chapter VIII. Stochastic Orders in Reliability -- IX. Estimation and Modeling -- References -- Index
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book provides a fresh approach to reliability theory, an area that has gained increasing relevance in fields from statistics and engineering to demography and insurance. Its innovative use of quantile functions gives an analysis of lifetime data that is generally simpler, more robust, and more accurate than the traditional methods, and opens the door for further research in a wide variety of fields involving statistical analysis. In addition, the book can be used to good effect in the classroom as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Reliability and Statistics