Chapter
Chapter 2 Basic Reliability Concepts
Abstract
The basic reliability functions that can be used to model lifetime data and explain the failure patterns are the topics of discussion in this chapter. We begin with the conventional hazard rate defined as the ratio of the probability mass function to the survival function. This is followed up by an alternative hazard function introduced to overcome certain limitations of the conventional rate. Properties of both these hazard rates and their …
Authors
Nair NU; Sankaran PG; Balakrishnan N
Book title
Reliability Modelling and Analysis in Discrete Time
Pagination
pp. 43-106
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2018
DOI
10.1016/b978-0-12-801913-9.00002-6