Preface |
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2.1 Functions Characterizing Life-time Random Variable |
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2.2 Exponential Distribution as the Model for the No-ageing |
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15 | (3) |
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18 | (5) |
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23 | (1) |
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2.5 Relative Ageing of Two Probability Distributions |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (5) |
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2.8 IFRA Closure Property |
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2.9 Bounds on the Reliability Function of an IFRA Distribution |
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33 | (4) |
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3. Some Parametric Families of Probability Distributions |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (2) |
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3.5 Linear Failure Rate Family |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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3.8 The Distribution of a Specific Parallel System |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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3.11 Some Further Properties of the Exponential Distribution |
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47 | (4) |
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4. Parametric Analysis of Survival Data |
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51 | (1) |
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4.2 Method of Maximum Likelihood |
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51 | (5) |
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4.3 Parameteric Analysis for Complete Data |
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56 | (12) |
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4.4 Parametric Analysis of Censored Data |
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5. Nonparametric Estimation of the Survival Function |
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5.2 Uncensored (complete) Data |
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102 | (27) |
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6. Tests for Exponentiality |
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130 | (5) |
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6.3 Tests For Exponentiality |
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135 | (22) |
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7. Two Sample Non-parametric Problem |
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7.2 Complete or Uncensored Data |
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158 | (2) |
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7.3 Randomly Censored (right) Data |
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160 | (15) |
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8. Proportional Hazards Model: A Method of Regression |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (8) |
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8.4 Test for Constant of Proportionality in PH Model |
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9. Analysis of Competing Risks |
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201 | (1) |
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9.2 The Model for General Competing Risks |
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202 | (1) |
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9.3 Independent Competing Risks |
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203 | (2) |
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9.4 Bounds on the Joint Survival Function |
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205 | (1) |
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9.5 The Likelihood for Parametric Models with Independent Latent Lifetimes |
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205 | (1) |
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9.6 Tests for Stochastic Dominance of Independent Competing Risks |
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206 | (4) |
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9.7 Tests for Proportionality of Hazard Rates of Independent Competing Risks |
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210 | (2) |
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9.8 Tests in the Context of Dependent Competing Risks |
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10. Repairable Systems |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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10.3 Probabilistic Models |
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216 | (1) |
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10.4 Joint Distributions of the Failure Times |
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217 | (2) |
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10.5 Estimation of Parameters |
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219 | (2) |
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10.6 Unconditional Tests for the Time Truncated Case |
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Appendix A Statistical Analyses using R |
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References |
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Index |
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