terminaverage

Terminaverage is a proposed statistical term describing the average time to termination of a process across a set of observations. The word blends termination or end state with average, signaling a focus on end times or completion moments.

In its simplest form, terminaverage is the arithmetic mean of observed termination times t_i, computed as (1/n) sum t_i for i = 1 to n. When some observations are incomplete, methods from survival analysis or censored-data techniques may be noted as adjustments, though usage varies and is not standardized.

Potential applications include software project management, business-process analytics, reliability engineering, and clinical research where a “time to event” or finish time is of interest. It can help compare performance across teams, systems, or interventions and provide a single metric for end-state duration across a dataset.

Variants and considerations include robust estimates such as trimmed means or weighted averages, and the median termination time, which may be less sensitive to extreme values. Terminaverage is not a standardized metric, and its interpretation depends on the specific data handling and definitions used.

As of this writing, terminaverage is a rarely used or informal term without a canonical definition in major statistical references. When employing the term, users should explicitly state the data, inclusion criteria, handling of censored data, and the exact computation to ensure clarity and comparability.