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Classifying Weak, and Strong Components using ROC Analysis with Application to Burn-in

Wu, Shaomin, Xie, Min (2007) Classifying Weak, and Strong Components using ROC Analysis with Application to Burn-in. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 56 (3). pp. 552-561. ISSN 0018-9529. (doi:10.1109/TR.2007.897073) (KAR id:31020)

Abstract

Any population of components produced might be composed of two sub-populations: weak components are less reliable, and deteriorate faster whereas strong components are more reliable, and deteriorate slower. When selecting an approach to classifying the two sub-populations, one could build a criterion aiming to minimize the expected mis-classification cost due to mis-classifying weak (strong) components as strong (weak). However, in practice, the unit mis-classification cost, such as the cost of mis-classifying a strong component as weak, cannot be estimated precisely. Minimizing the expected mis-classification cost becomes more difficult. This problem is considered in this paper by using ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) analysis, which is widely used in the medical decision making community to evaluate the performance of diagnostic tests, and in machine learning to select among categorical models. The paper also uses ROC analysis to determine the optimal time for burn-in to remove the weak population. The presented approaches can be used for the scenarios when the following information cannot be estimated precisely: 1) life distributions of the sub-populations, 2) mis-classification cost, and 3) proportions of sub-populations in the entire population.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/TR.2007.897073
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: PY - 2007/// [EPrints field already has value set] AD - SAV Credit Ltd., MLS Business Centre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EH, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore [Field not mapped to EPrints] JA - IEEE Trans Reliab [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Burn-in, Classification, Mixed distribution, Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, Computer simulation, Diagnosis, Learning systems, Diagnostic test, Receiver operating characteristic analysis, Systems analysis
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HA Statistics > HA33 Management Science
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User: Shaomin Wu
Date Deposited: 01 Oct 2012 15:52 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:08 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/31020 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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