Objective bayesian analysis for multiple repairable systems

PLoS One. 2021 Nov 23;16(11):e0258581. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258581. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

This article focus on the analysis of the reliability of multiple identical systems that can have multiple failures over time. A repairable system is defined as a system that can be restored to operating state in the event of a failure. This work under minimal repair, it is assumed that the failure has a power law intensity and the Bayesian approach is used to estimate the unknown parameters. The Bayesian estimators are obtained using two objective priors know as Jeffreys and reference priors. We proved that obtained reference prior is also a matching prior for both parameters, i.e., the credibility intervals have accurate frequentist coverage, while the Jeffreys prior returns unbiased estimates for the parameters. To illustrate the applicability of our Bayesian estimators, a new data set related to the failures of Brazilian sugar cane harvesters is considered.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bayes Theorem*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Models, Statistical
  • Probability
  • Sample Size

Grants and funding

The Taif University Researchers Supporting Project provided support for this study in the form of a grant awarded to HMA (TURSP-2020/279). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.