Title
A note on the failure rates in finite mixed populations
Abstract
Almost all populations existing in the real world are finite populations. Specifically, in the areas relevant to lifetime modeling and analysis, finite populations are frequently encountered. However, descriptions of failure/survival patterns of elements in the finite population have not yet been properly established. In particular, it is questionable whether the ordinary failure rate can be defined for finite populations in the same way and whether the corresponding interpretations are still valid. In this paper we consider two kinds of finite mixed population and provide new definitions for their failure rates. Then we clarify the notion of failure rate in finite populations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1017/S0021900200009165
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PROBABILITY
Keywords
Field
DocType
Failure rate,proportion-based failure rate,heterogeneous population,finite mixed population
Econometrics,Mathematical economics,Failure rate,Statistics,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49
2
0021-9002
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ji Hwan Cha115926.28
Massimiliano Giorgio2104.66