An empirical bayes estimator for the scale parameter of the two-parameter weibull distribution

An empirical Bayes estimator is given for the scale parameter in the two-parameter Weibull distribution. The scale parameter is assumed to vary randomly throughout a sequence of experiments according to a common, but unknown, prior distribution. The shape parameter is assumed to be known, however, it may be different in each experiment. The estimator is obtained by means of a continuous approximation to the unknown prior density function. Results from Monte Carlo simulation are reported which show that the estimator has smaller mean-squared errors than the usual maximum-likelihood estimator.     

基于Dirichlet先验分布的模糊可靠性增长模型研究

将模糊理论应用于基于Dirichlet先验分布的Bayes可靠性增长模型,提出了可靠性增长的模糊模型。在对Dirichlet先验分布函数研究的基础上,分析了先验参数的获取方法。针对某水冲压发动机可靠性增长试验使用Dirichlet先验分布模型进行了分析,给出了试验各阶段的先验分布和后验分布,并分析了与先验信息方差有关的参数对后验可靠度的影响。在此基础上,通过引入模糊变量,发展了模糊可靠性增长模型,得到了试验各阶段模糊可靠度。     

多源信息的验前分布融合方法研究

验前分布的获取和表示是B ayes理论应用中的一个关键问题。针对目前多源验前信息融合中存在的过分依赖专家信息的问题,提出了一种基于第2类极大似然估计原理(M L-II)确定验前分布权重的方法,该方法将现场试验数据看作是由其边缘分布产生的样本,然后根据不同验前分布下现场样本似然性的大小来确定其在验前分布融合中的作用,并以此进一步确定不同验前分布的权重因子。最后通过算例证明了该方法比基于专家信息的融合方法更为合理和有效。     

MIMO-OFDM系统Turbo接收机中的信道估计器

设计了一种新的MIMO-OFDM系统Turbo接收机中的信道估计器.考虑了信道估计误差对编码比特外信息计算的影响,利用软球形译码器的搜索列表和解码器反馈的先验信息对传统EM信道估计中的软信息近似处理进行了修正,获得了更为准确的软符号统计信息用于信道估计,提出了考虑软符号互相关性的Bayesian EM(BEM)信道估计算法.仿真结果表明,新算法较传统EM算法具有更低的误码率和更小的估计均方误差值.     

验前分布的稳健性

研究Bayes统计分析中运用验前信息的稳健性 ,给出了正态分布期望值验前分布和指数寿命型分布失效率验前分布的稳健性分析。所论方法对于飞行器系统试验的精度分析和可靠性评估 ,具有较普遍的意义     

正态总体下分布参数的Bayes序贯估计

论述正态总体分布参数的序贯估计和Bayes序贯估计问题。在Stein的双子样序贯估计的基础上 ,构造了Bayes双子样序贯估计 ,并作了剖析。此外 ,为了适应当前试验场地“试试看看 ,看看试试”的试验分析和鉴定的需要 ,给出了以序贯Bayes检验为基本出发点 ,使检验和序贯估计相联合的分析方法     

A good simple percentile estimator of the weibull shape parameter for use when all three parameters are unknown

In this paper we consider a simple three-order-statistic asymptotically unbiased estimator of the Weibull shape parameter c for the case in which all three parameters are unknown. Optimal quantiles that minimize the asymptotic variance of this estimator, c? are determined and shown to depend only on the true (unknown) shape parameter value c and in a rather insensitive way. Monte Carlo studies further verified that, in practice where the true shape parameter c is unknown, using always c? with the optimal quantities that correspond to c = 2.0 produces estimates, c?, remarkably close to the theoretical optimal. A second stage estimation procedure, namely recalculating c? based on the optimal quantiles corresponding to c?, was not worth the additional effort. Benchmark simulation comparisons were also made with the best percentile estimator of Zanakis [20] and with a new estimator of Wyckoff, Bain and Engelhardt [18], one that appears to be the best of proposed closed-form estimators but uses all sample observations. The proposed estimator, c?, should be of interest to practitioners having limited resources and to researchers as a starting point for more accurate iterative estimation procedures. Its form is independent of all three Weibull parameters and, for not too large sample sizes, it requires the first, last and only one other (early) ordered observation. Practical guidelines are provided for choosing the best anticipated estimator of shape for a three-parameter Weibull distribution under different circumstances.     

考虑验前信息可信度时的Bayes估计

研究了考虑验前信息可信度时的验前分布和Bayes估计算法,给出了正态总体参数的Bayes估计方法。以导弹落点散布的估计为例,说明了考虑验前信息可信度时Bayes估计有明显的改善,即具有更好的可信度。     

A sequential bayes procedure for reliability demonstration

A common problem in life testing is to demonstrate that the mean time to failure, θ, exceeds some minimum acceptable value, say θ₁, with a given confidence coefficient γ. When this is true, it is said that “θ₁ has been demonstrated with a confidence γ”. In this paper a Sequential Bayes Procedure (SBP) for demonstrating (by means of. a probability statement) that θ exceeds θ₁ is presented. The SBP differs from the classical procedure in the sense that a prior distribution is assumed on the parameter θ, calling for a Bayesian approach. The procedure is based on the sequence of statistics.     

基于贝叶斯原理的放大转发中继联合信道估计

在贝叶斯原理的框架下,依据放大转发中继联合信道等价于两段瑞利信道相叠加的特征,将其概率密度分布这一先验知识与接收端的训练序列相结合,得到了最小均方和最大后验两种估计方法。由于两种方法的准确贝叶斯CRB难以求解获得闭合表达式,从最大熵原理出发,结合复高斯分布性质,推导了MLE准则下的CRB相对应的近似贝叶斯CRB,以衡量不同方法的估计精度。仿真结果表明相比于原有的MLE方法,最大后验估计方法在低信噪比下性能改善明显。     

指数寿命产品可靠性增长试验的Bayes分析

针对指数寿命产品的定时、定数截尾试验方案,推广了Mazzuchi-Soyer模型的应用范围。首先引入模型假设,以狄氏分布作为先验分布,综合利用产品研制的历史信息和专家信息,结合产品研制各阶段试验数据,给出了各阶段可靠性的联合后验分布。然后利用Gibbs抽样算法解决后验推断计算问题,得到各阶段产品可靠性的Bayes点估计和区间估计。最后给出产品可靠性增长分析实例,表明了模型的优越性。     

Consistency of several variants of the standardized time series area variance estimator

In statistical analysis of stationary time series or in steady-state simulation output analysis, it is desired to find consistent estimates of the process variance parameter. Here, we consider variants of the area estimator of standardized time series, namely, the weighted area and the Cramér-von Mises area estimators, and provide their consistency, in the strong sense and mean-square sense. A sharp bound for the (asymptotic) variance of these estimators is obtained. We also present a central limit theorem for the weighted area estimator: this gives a rate of convergence of this estimator, as well as a confidence interval for the variance parameter. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

基于稀疏贝叶斯学习的扩展目标雷达关联成像*

雷达关联成像不依赖于雷达与目标的相对运动,是一种高分辨凝视成像方式。传统的关联成像方法未考虑复杂扩展目标的结构信息,在高分辨成像时的应用受到限制,为此提出一种自适应结构配对稀疏贝叶斯学习方法。该算法在稀疏贝叶斯学习的框架内针对扩展目标建立一种结构配对层次化高斯先验模型,然后采用变分贝叶斯期望-最大化算法交替进行目标重构和参数优化。该算法将某一信号分量的重构与周围信号分量联系起来,并能在迭代过程中自适应地调整表征各信号分量相关性的参数。实验结果表明,该方法针对扩展目标可以有效地进行高分辨成像。     

Bayesian inference based on partial monitoring of components with applications to preventive system maintenance

Consider a binary, monotone system of n components. The assessment of the parameter vector, θ, of the joint distribution of the lifetimes of the components and hence of the reliability of the system is often difficult due to scarcity of data. It is therefore important to make use of all information in an efficient way. For instance, prior knowledge is often of importance and can indeed conveniently be incorporated by the Bayesian approach. It may also be important to continuously extract information from a system currently in operation. This may be useful both for decisions concerning the system in operation as well as for decisions improving the components or changing the design of similar new systems. As in Meilijson [12], life‐monitoring of some components and conditional life‐monitoring of some others is considered. In addition to data arising from this monitoring scheme, so‐called autopsy data are observed, if not censored. The probabilistic structure underlying this kind of data is described, and basic likelihood formulae are arrived at. A thorough discussion of an important aspect of this probabilistic structure, the inspection strategy, is given. Based on a version of this strategy a procedure for preventive system maintenance is developed and a detailed application to a network system presented. All the way a Bayesian approach to estimation of θ is applied. For the special case where components are conditionally independent given θ with exponentially distributed lifetimes it is shown that the weighted sum of products of generalized gamma distributions, as introduced in Gåsemyr and Natvig [7], is the conjugate prior for θ. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 48: 551–577, 2001.     

基于小波变换的宽带模糊函数估计器

提出了一种基于小波变换的宽带模糊函数参数估计器,即通过交互小波变换计算宽带模糊函数,取宽带模糊函数模的平方的峰值点对应参数作为目标时延与时间伸缩的估计．仿真结果表明,该估计器的估计性能好于直接模糊函数估计器,且计算方便,非常适合于实际宽带处理系统应用．     

Exact likelihood inference for the exponential distribution under generalized Type‐I and Type‐II hybrid censoring

Chen and Bhattacharyya [Exact confidence bounds for an exponential parameter under hybrid censoring, Commun Statist Theory Methods 17 (1988), 1857–1870] considered a hybrid censoring scheme and obtained the exact distribution of the maximum likelihood estimator of the mean of an exponential distribution along with an exact lower confidence bound. Childs et al. [Exact likelihood inference based on Type‐I and Type‐II hybrid censored samples from the exponential distribution, Ann Inst Statist Math 55 (2003), 319–330] recently derived an alternative simpler expression for the distribution of the MLE. These authors also proposed a new hybrid censoring scheme and derived similar results for the exponential model. In this paper, we propose two generalized hybrid censoring schemes which have some advantages over the hybrid censoring schemes already discussed in the literature. We then derive the exact distribution of the maximum likelihood estimator as well as exact confidence intervals for the mean of the exponential distribution under these generalized hybrid censoring schemes. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004     

Weibull型产品的可靠性验证

讨论了Weibull型产品的可靠性验证问题 ,首先分析了Weibull型产品分布参数的无信息验前分布问题 ,利用验前信息可以得到分布参数的验前概率密度函数 ,进而分析了产品的可靠性验证问题 ,顾及了使用方利益和生产方利益。仿真算例表明 ,使用方利益和生产方利益是相互折衷的。     

高可靠性软件的极值统计分析

提出了极值统计分析的方法.对于失效数据极值分布函数的拟合检验,采用了相关系数法;对于母体分布的参数估计,则分别采用了最小二乘估计(LSE)和极大似然估计(MLE);最后通过一个实例说明了统计过程,并用模拟的方法证明了最小二乘估计较好.     

Demand estimation in lost sales inventory systems

This article considers the problem of estimating parameters of the demand distribution in lost sales inventory systems. In periods when lost sales occur demand is not observed; one knows only that demand is larger than sales. We assume that demands form a sequence of IID normal random variables, which could be a residual demand process after filtering out seasonality and promotional nonstationarities. We examine three estimators for the mean and standard deviation: maximum likelihood estimator, BLUE (best linear unbiased estimator), and a new estimator derived here. Extensive simulations are reported to compare the performance of the estimators for small and large samples and a variety of parameter settings. In addition, I show how all three estimators can be incorporated into sequential updating routines. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Parameter estimation for the EOQ lot-size model: Minimax and expected value choices

This article provides formulas for estimating the parameters to be used in the basic EOQ lot-size model. The analysis assumes that the true values of these parameters are unknown over known ranges and perhaps nonstationary over time. Two measures of estimator “goodness” are derived from EOQ sensitivity analysis. Formulas are given for computing the minimax choice and the minimum expected value choice for the parameter estimates using both measures of estimator “goodness”. A numerical example is included.