Abstract
In this article, a step-stress accelerated life test based on the generalized Khamis-Higgins model in the presence of Marshall-Olkin bivariate Weibull distributed dependent competing risks is considered under generalized progressive hybrid censoring. It is assumed that the stress is changed when a pre-specified number of failures take place, and four different failure causes are discussed. The classical and Bayesian statistical methods are used to estimate the unknown parameters. In addition to the maximum likelihood estimation, the stochastic expectation-maximization algorithm is also applied. The Monte Carlo Markov Chain samples with importance sampling are used to obtain the Bayesian estimates under two loss functions, and the Bayesian highest posterior density credible intervals are constructed. Then the parameters and reliability function under normal use stress level are calculated. The Monte Carlo method is applied to compare the performance of the estimation methods. Finally, a real-life data set is analyzed for illustrative purposes.
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