The Interval Estimation about Confidence of the Reliability Index

Abstract:

The theory of statistical inferences is the base of the reliability analysis. The results of inferences can not be believed unquestionably because the data sample could not involve whole information about the parent distribution. In engineering, it is reasonable to estimate the precision of inference results concerning the reliability index. Therefore, the randomness of reliability index is discussed in this paper. The confidence interval, which is one of the most important concepts in statistics, is employed to express the precision of the reliability index.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 166-169)
• Pages: 1854-1858
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.166-169.1854
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Zhang Miao Li*, Xin Jian Kou, Jian Yong Huang
• Keywords: Confidence Interval (CI), Reliability Index, Statistical Inference

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