Sequential Data - Lloyd-Lipow Model
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This example appears in the Reliability growth reference.
Use MLE to find the Lloyd-Lipow model that represents the data in the following table, and plot it along with the 95% 2-sided confidence bounds. Does the model follow the data?
| Run Number | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | F |
| 2 | F |
| 3 | S |
| 4 | S |
| 5 | S |
| 6 | F |
| 7 | S |
| 8 | F |
| 9 | F |
| 10 | S |
| 11 | S |
| 12 | S |
| 13 | F |
| 14 | S |
| 15 | S |
| 16 | S |
| 17 | S |
| 18 | S |
| 19 | S |
| 20 | S |
Solution
The two figures below demonstrate the solution. As can be seen from the Reliability vs. Time plot with 95% 2-sided confidence bounds, the model does not seem to follow the data. You may want to consider another model for this data set.
