title: Nonparametric Methods in Reliability.
abstract: Probabilistic and statistical models for the occurrence of a recurrent event over time are described. These models have applicability in the reliability, engineering, biomedical and other areas where a series of events occurs for an experimental unit as time progresses. Nonparametric inference methods, in particular, the estimation of a relevant distribution function, are described.
authors.affiliation: Myles Hollander is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA (e-mail: holland@stat.fsu.edu ). Edsel A. Peña is Professor, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA (e-mail: pena@stat.sc.edu ).
authors.forename: Myles
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hollander
authors.forename: Edsel A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Peña