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A Criterion for Burn-in that Balances Mean Residual Life and Residual Variance

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  • Henry W. Block

    (Department of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260)

  • Thomas H. Savits

    (Department of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260)

  • Harshinder Singh

    (Department of Statistics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6330, and Department of Statistics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India)

Abstract

Optimum burn-in times have been determined for a variety of criteria such as mean residual life and conditional survival. In this paper we consider a residual coefficient of variation that balances mean residual life with residual variance. To study this quantity, we develop a general result concerning the preservation ofbathtub distributions. Using this result, we give a condition so that the residual coefficient of variation is bathtub-shaped. Furthermore, we show that it attains its optimum value at a time that occurs after the mean residual life function attains its optimum value, but not necessarily before the change point of the failure rate function.

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  • Henry W. Block & Thomas H. Savits & Harshinder Singh, 2002. "A Criterion for Burn-in that Balances Mean Residual Life and Residual Variance," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 50(2), pages 290-296, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:50:y:2002:i:2:p:290-296
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.50.2.290.435
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