Estimating the reliability of systems subject to imperfect repair

Abstract

This study of statistical inference for repairable systems focuses on the development of estimation procedures for the life distribution F of a new system based on data on system lifetimes between consecutive repairs. The Brown-Proschan imperfectrepair model postulates that at failure the system is repaired to a condition as good as new with probability p, and is otherwise repaired to the condition just prior to failure...