Monitoring regression models for lifetimes

Abstract. Monitoring regression models for lifetimes The current study addresses the monitoring of regression models with response variable having a distribution for lifetimes. Certain aspects of this research have relevant importance. First of all, in most of the existing literature, monitoring regression models is treated as a special case of profile monitoring. However, especially in some industrial and healthcare applications, regression models can adequately represent process quality but cannot always be qualified as profiles. This is the case of regression models for lifetimes. The fact is that lifetimes can be measured just once at most in the same experimental unit. Consequently, the nature of responses while monitoring regression models is not multivariate necessarily. However, the main goal of monitoring regression models for lifetimes aims to check the stability of the distributions of n response variables Yi , i = 1, · · · , n. As all these distributions are linked by the same parameter vector, the stability of the formers depends on the one of the latter. Thus, it is clear that profile monitoring and regression monitoring share the same purpose. Techniques from profile monitoring can be used for successfully monitoring regression models for lifetimes as well. Some methodologies for monitoring Weibull regression models for lifetimes with common shape parameter and in phase II processes will be addressed depending on the composition of available regression data structures. The monitoring of the parameter vector characterizing the Weibull regression model allows us to make conclusions about the mean value of the response variable. It will be shown that the monitoring of regression models for lifetimes can be carried out by redesigning existing methods from monitoring continuous quality variables and profile monitoring. In the presence of uncensored lifetimes, it was found out that it is possible to adapt conventional control charts for single observations to the monitoring of the common shape parameter. It is also possible to adapt control techniques and methodologies from profile monitoring to the case of monitoring the entire parameter vector characterizing the basic model. In both cases, chart designing depends on the asymptotic normality of the maximum likelihood estimator of the parameter vector. Thus, it is necessary to implement some existing corrections to the monitoring statistics so that existing control charts work acceptably well when non-large enough data sets are available. When a type I right-censored mechanism is operating on lifetimes, the monitoring can be carried out with the help of one-sided likelihood ratio based cumulative sum control charts. Theese procedures can be used for monitoring one or more of the parameters in the parameter vector and has practically no restrictions respect to the dataset dimension needed for monitoring. Conducted simulations suggest that this chart is more effective than the multivariate exponentially weighted moving average method when detecting the deterioration of the process is wanted.

• Autores: Panza Ospino, Carlos Arturo
• Tipo de recurso: Doctoral thesis
• Fecha de publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Repositorio: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/60075
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/60075; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/58027/
• Palabra clave: 02 Bibliotecología y ciencias de la información / Library and information sciences; 1 Filosofía y psicología / Philosophy and psychology; 5 Ciencias naturales y matemáticas / Science; 51 Matemáticas / Mathematics; Censorship; Extreme value distribution; Lifetimes; Likelihood ratio statistic; Profile monitoring; Regression model; Weibull distribution; Censuramiento; Distribución de valor extremo; Distribución Weibull de regresión; Modelomonitoreo de perfiles; Razón de verosimilitudes; Tiempos de vida
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional