AN APPROXIMATION OF THE INTERVAL AVAILABILITY DISTRIBUTION

Authors
SMITH MAJ
Citation
Maj. Smith, AN APPROXIMATION OF THE INTERVAL AVAILABILITY DISTRIBUTION, Probability in the engineering and informational sciences, 11(4), 1997, pp. 451-467
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Operatione Research & Management Science","Engineering, Industrial","Statistic & Probability","Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
Probability in the engineering and informational sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
02699648
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
451 - 467
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-9648(1997)11:4<451:AAOTIA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the interval availability distribution of a two-state single unit. We fit the interval availability distribution directly to a beta distribution, such that the probability of nil and a 100% availability is correct as well as the expectation and the vari ance. The method is fast and easy to implement and gives good results.