Autors: Dimitrova E., Ivanov V., Dimitrov V., Atanasov, I. I.
Title: Statistical Analysis of Equipment Failures in Railway Signalling Systems Using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test
Keywords: equipment failures, Paired observations, Railway signalling systems, Wilcoxon signed-rank test

Abstract: This report presents a statistical analysis of equipment failures in railway signalling systems using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The method is first applied manually to determine rank sums and test statistics, and then verified using software tools. The results enable the assessment of statistically significant differences between paired observations.

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Issue

2026 61st International Scientific Conference on Information, Communication and Energy Systems and Technologies, ICEST 2026 - Proceedings of Papers, pp. 391-395, 2026, Serbia, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEST71230.2026.11623642

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