STATISTICS IN COST PREDICTION PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL

Abstract

The report describes the application of statistical techniques for determining cost estimates (predictors); in particular, (a) why the use of statistics; (b) problems associated with their use; and, (c) some possible approaches which avoid the problems or may lead to a solution of these problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 1966
Accession Number
AD0659322

Entities

People

  • Harry Piccariello

Organizations

  • United States Assistant Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Curve Fitting
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Intervals
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Mathematics
  • Price Index
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Statistics
  • Transport Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.
  • Systems Analysis and Design