Order Statistic Properties, Random Generation, and Goodness-of-Fit Testing for a Minimal Repair Model

We present properties of statistics arising from the Block, Borges, and Savits age-dependent minimal repair model. These properties are analogous to the order statistic properties in homogeneous Poisson processes. These properties are exploited to obtain an algorithm for generating a realization from the minimal repair model, and for testing hypothesis concerning the initial distribution function or hazard function of the repair model.