
This paper proposes a preliminary test estimator for the reliability of an exponential life-testing model. The optimum critical values for preliminary test and their corresponding levels of significance are obtained based on a minimax regret function.
optimum critical values, Reliability and life testing, bias, minimax regret function, preliminary test estimator, Point estimation, reliability of an exponential life-testing model, Parametric hypothesis testing, levels of significance, type II censored sample
optimum critical values, Reliability and life testing, bias, minimax regret function, preliminary test estimator, Point estimation, reliability of an exponential life-testing model, Parametric hypothesis testing, levels of significance, type II censored sample
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