Nonparametric estimation of reliability and survival function for continuous-time finite Markov processes (Q556428)

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    Nonparametric estimation of reliability and survival function for continuous-time finite Markov processes
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2175366

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      Nonparametric estimation of reliability and survival function for continuous-time finite Markov processes (English)
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      13 June 2005
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      The maximum likelihood estimator of the infinitesimal generator for a finite state continuous time Markov processes is indicated and its asymptotics discussed. Extension of these results leads to asymptotics for the estimators of the transition matrix and of reliability/survival, availability and failure rate functions. Confidence intervals for the proposed estimators are given. A numerical example illustrates the results.
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      Markov process
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      infinitesimal generator
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      phase distribution
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      reliability
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      survival function
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      failure rate
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