Estimation a Stress-Strength Model for P (Yr:n1 < Xk:n2 ) Using the Lindley Distribution
The problem of estimation reliability in a multicomponent stress-strength model, when the system consists of k components have strength each compo- nent experiencing a random stress, is considered in this paper. The reliability of such a system is obtained when strength and stress variables are given by Lindley distribution. The system is regarded as alive only if at least r out of k (r < k) strength exceeds the stress. The multicomponent reliability of the system is given by Rr,k . The maximum likelihood estimator (M LE), uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator (UMVUE) and Bayes esti- mator of Rr,k are obtained. A simulation study is performed to compare the different estimators of Rr,k . Real data is used as a practical application of the proposed model.