Generalized beta prior models on fraction defective in reliability test planning

In many reliability analyses, the probability of obtaining a defective unit in a production process should not be considered constant even though the process is stable and in control. Engineering experience or previous data of similar or related products may often be used in the proper selection of a prior model to describe the random fluctuations in the fraction defective. A generalized beta family of priors, several maximum entropy priors and other prior models are considered for this purpose. In order to determine the acceptability of a product based on the lifelengths of some test units, failure-censored reliability sampling plans for location-scale distributions using average producer and consumer risks are designed. Our procedure allows the practitioners to incorporate a restricted parameter space into the reliability analysis, and it is reasonably insensitive to small disturbances in the prior information. Impartial priors are used to reflect prior neutrality between the producer and the consumer when a consensus on the elicited prior model is required. Nonetheless, our approach also enables the producer and the consumer to assume their own prior distributions. The use of substantial prior information can, in many cases, significantly reduce the amount of testing required. However, the main advantage of utilizing a prior model for the fraction defective is not necessarily reduced sample size but improved assessment of the true sampling risks. An example involving shifted exponential lifetimes is considered to illustrate the results.

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