DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTION OF SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS

Abstract

A novel and effective solution to the problem of quantifying system quality is presented. Techniques for prediction of future performance quality are developed in detail. A long-standing need for a satisfactory tool for this purpose has generated a strong incentive to develop an ACCEPTABLE METHODOLOGY. The power of the mathematical and physical modeling developed in this study (called SPAN), is due to the use of a comprehensive metric of performance, comprising both energy and ''bound'' information measures. SPAN's ability to integrate these factors into a consistent performance descriptor is based on well-known laws of potential energy and probability theory. A calculus of system performance dynamics, compatible with the SPAN metric, is directly obtainable from Laplace's and Helmholtz' equations for energy flow, by inserting the information content of the constraining pattern.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 25, 1963
Accession Number
AD0296326

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  • John C. O'brien

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  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

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  • Engineering

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
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  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)