Abstract
In practice, many systems exhibit load-sharing behavior, where the surviving components share the total load imposed on the system. Different from general systems, the components of load-sharing systems are interdependent in nature, in such a way that when one component fails, the system load has to be shared by the remaining components, which increases the failure rate or degradation rate of the remaining components. Because of the load-sharing mechanism among components, parameter estimation and reliability assessment are usually complicated for load-sharing systems. Although load-sharing systems with components subject to sudden failures have been intensely studied in literatures with detailed estimation and analysis approaches, those with components subject to degradation are rarely investigated. In this paper, we propose the parameter estimation method for load-sharing systems subject to continuous degradation with a constant load. Likelihood function based on the degradation data of components is established as a first step. The maximum likelihood estimators for unknown parameters are deduced and obtained via expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm considering the nonclosed form of the likelihood function. Numerical examples are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1010-1024 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Quality and Reliability Engineering International |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 21 Dec 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2019 |
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Keywords
- continuous degradation
- EM algorithm
- load-sharing system
- Wiener degradation
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Parameter estimation for load-sharing system subject to Wiener degradation process using the expectation-maximization algorithm. / Xu, Jianyu; Liu, Bin; Zhao, Xiujie.
In: Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Vol. 35, No. 4, 30.06.2019, p. 1010-1024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Parameter estimation for load-sharing system subject to Wiener degradation process using the expectation-maximization algorithm
AU - Xu, Jianyu
AU - Liu, Bin
AU - Zhao, Xiujie
PY - 2019/6/30
Y1 - 2019/6/30
N2 - In practice, many systems exhibit load-sharing behavior, where the surviving components share the total load imposed on the system. Different from general systems, the components of load-sharing systems are interdependent in nature, in such a way that when one component fails, the system load has to be shared by the remaining components, which increases the failure rate or degradation rate of the remaining components. Because of the load-sharing mechanism among components, parameter estimation and reliability assessment are usually complicated for load-sharing systems. Although load-sharing systems with components subject to sudden failures have been intensely studied in literatures with detailed estimation and analysis approaches, those with components subject to degradation are rarely investigated. In this paper, we propose the parameter estimation method for load-sharing systems subject to continuous degradation with a constant load. Likelihood function based on the degradation data of components is established as a first step. The maximum likelihood estimators for unknown parameters are deduced and obtained via expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm considering the nonclosed form of the likelihood function. Numerical examples are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
AB - In practice, many systems exhibit load-sharing behavior, where the surviving components share the total load imposed on the system. Different from general systems, the components of load-sharing systems are interdependent in nature, in such a way that when one component fails, the system load has to be shared by the remaining components, which increases the failure rate or degradation rate of the remaining components. Because of the load-sharing mechanism among components, parameter estimation and reliability assessment are usually complicated for load-sharing systems. Although load-sharing systems with components subject to sudden failures have been intensely studied in literatures with detailed estimation and analysis approaches, those with components subject to degradation are rarely investigated. In this paper, we propose the parameter estimation method for load-sharing systems subject to continuous degradation with a constant load. Likelihood function based on the degradation data of components is established as a first step. The maximum likelihood estimators for unknown parameters are deduced and obtained via expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm considering the nonclosed form of the likelihood function. Numerical examples are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
KW - continuous degradation
KW - EM algorithm
KW - load-sharing system
KW - Wiener degradation
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991638
U2 - 10.1002/qre.2442
DO - 10.1002/qre.2442
M3 - Article
VL - 35
SP - 1010
EP - 1024
JO - Quality and Reliability Engineering International
JF - Quality and Reliability Engineering International
SN - 0748-8017
IS - 4
ER -