A Pseudo-likelihood Estimation Method for Nonhomogeneous Gamma Process Model with Random Effects
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چکیده
We study a semiparametric pseudo-likelihood inference for nonhomogeneous Gamma process with random effects for degradation data. The setting for degradation data is one in which n independent subjects, each with a nonhomogeneous Gamma process, are observed at possible different times. The random effects are used to represent heterogeneity of degradation paths. To obtain the maximum pseudo-likelihood estimator, we use the Pool Adjacent Violators Algorithm. We study the asymptotic properties for this estimator. A simulation study is conducted to validate the method and its application is illustrated by using degradation data of a civil engineering structure to estimate its reliability.
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