CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING TESTING POLICIES
Abstract
A mathematical investigation of the effect that testing can have on the reliability of devices in terms of test reliability, proba ility of degradation due to testing, and number of tests performed is given. First, mathematical models are formulated on which are based the method for determining the number of tests necessary to obtain a specified level of reliability. Second, the same models are used to formulate various inequalities by which the most desirable test policy can be determined. The inequalities are functions of the reliabilities of the population, the monitoring, the testing, and the degradation of reliability due to monitoring and testing. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 11, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0278006
Entities
People
- Gary L. Logan
- Patrick L. Odell
- Wallace E. Franck