DESIGN, TESTING AND ESTIMATION IN COMPLEX EXPERIMENTATION. II. RELIABILITY GROWTH PROCESSES: ESTIMATION THEORY AND DECISIONTHEORETIC FORMULATIONS.

Abstract

Properties of maximum-likelihood estimators of parameters of reliability growth processes are investigated. It is shown that the maximum-likelihood estimator for a simple process involving a single failure mode is not consistent. For a modification of this process, a proof of consistency is sketched. Decision-theoretic studies of reliability growth have included investigations of the minimum-loss redesign policy, single-stage improvement models, and optimum effort for reliability growth. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0618516

Entities

People

  • Bernard Sherman
  • Mitchell O. Locks

Organizations

  • Rocketdyne

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Consistency
  • Engineering
  • Estimators
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Systems Analysis and Design