AN ANALYSIS OF ACCURACY OF A PROCEDURE FOR COMPUTING LOWER CONFIDENCE LIMIT ON SYSTEM RELIABILITY UTILIZING SUBSYSTEM TEST DATA.

Abstract

Systems which are composed of two or more phases, or subsystems, arranged in logical sequence are found frequently in industry and defense. Standard procedures for computing lower confidence limits on reliability of such systems rely on the use of system data. Engineering changes to any of these subsystems can effect the invalidation of all existing data, necessitating additional, sometimes extensive, testing. Such changes are not infrequent in complex systems. A need exists for a method of computing lower confidence limits on reliability which uses phase data. Some approximation techniques have some available. One such technique is currently being used. Computer simulation techniques are used to analyze the accuracy of this procedure. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0690449

Entities

People

  • Maurice Joseph Moran

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Confidence Limits
  • Engineering
  • Reliability
  • Sequences
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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