Rank Estimation for Mean Residual Life Transformation Model

Conditional Mean Residual Life Estimation

Smooth estimation of mean residual life

Abstract: We propose here a smooth estimator of the mean residual life function based on randomly censored data. This is derived by smoothing the product-limit estimator using the Chaubey-Sen technique (Chaubey and Sen (1998)). The resulting estimator does not suffer from boundary bias as is the case with standard kernel smoothing. The asymptotic properties of the estimator are investigated. We...

Mean Residual Life Estimation Considering Operating Environment

The cost of maintenance of mechanized and automated mining systems is too high necessitating efforts to enhance the effectiveness of maintenance systems and organization. For effective maintenance planning, it is important to have a good understanding of the reliability and availability characteristics of the systems. This is essential for determining the Mean Residual Life (MRL) of systems so ...

Estimation of a Monotone Mean Residual Life

Nonparametric Estimation of Mean Residual Life Function Using Scale Mixtures

Abstract The mean residual life function (mrlf) of a subject is defined as the average residual lifetime of the subject given that the subject has survived up to a given time point. A smooth nonparametric estimator of the mrlf is proposed using a scale mixtures of the empirical estimate of the mrlf. Asymptotic properties are established. The performances of the proposed estimator are studied ba...