\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 05926878} \itemau{Liu, Xuhua; Xu, Xingzhong; Li, Na} \itemti{Generalized confidence intervals of steady state availability for a special repairable system.} \itemso{Trans. Beijing Inst. Technol. 30, No. 5, 613-615 (2010).} \itemab Summary: Generalized confidence intervals of steady state availability of a repairable system are studied through Weerahandi's generalized inference method. The repairable system is under lognormal operating time with unknown parameters and inverse Gaussian repair time. The simulation results demonstrate that the generalized confidence intervals based on the generalized $p$-value method have satisfactory performance in terms of empirical coverage probability. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{} \itemut{steady state availability; generalized confidence interval; lognormal distribution; inverse Gaussian distribution} \itemli{} \end