Rating scales for outcome variables produce categorical data which are often ordered and measurements from rating scales are not standardized. The purpose of this study is to apply commonly used and novel methods for paired ordered categorical data to two data sets with different properties and to compare the results and the conditions for use of these models. The two applications consist of a ...

The present study presents an algorithm that models uncertainties at the structural component level to estimate the performance reliability of RC structures. The method calculates the performance reliability using a systemic approach and incorporates the improved response surface method based on sampling blocks using the first-order reliability method and conditional reliability indices. The re...

Abstract. The authors describe the analysis of current state problem under consideration. A definition "averaged failure flow parameter" is given. periods traction rolling stock life cycle are considered. assumption event distribution laws exponentiality introduced, which makes it possible to obtain expressions main reliability indices in analytical form. work depot service locomotives ensure r...

The real-world applications addressing the nonlinear functions of multiple variables could be implicitly assessed through structural reliability analysis. This study establishes an efficient algorithm for resolving highly nonlinear structural reliability problems. To this end, first a numerical nonlinear optimization algorithm with a new simple filter is defined to locate and estimate the most ...

The importance of human reliability assessment in production systems is considered in this paper. The approaches for human reliability quantification are also given in this paper. The factors influencing the reliability of the operator's activity are particularly analyzed and their quantification is carried out. The method of paired comparison is applied in order to bring together the influence...

The intra-rater reliability in rating essays is usually indexed by the inter-rater correlation. We suggest an alternative method for estimating intra-rater reliability, in the framework of classical test theory, by using the dis-attenuation formula for inter-test correlations. The validity of the method is demonstrated by extensive simulations, and by applying it to an empirical dataset. It is ...