A Cost Analysis of the KT-73 Inertial Measurement Unit Repair Process Using Absorbing Markov Chains

Abstract

In any complex multi-level repair process the interdependence of work performed at one stage on the results achieved at another, together with the multiple feedback loops linking the stages, combine to obscure the influence of any single stage on the success and cost of the repair process as a whole. This thesis describes an analysis of the KT-73 inertial measurement unit Repair Process at the Aerospace Guidance Metrology Center, Newark, Ohio, to determine which major stages in the process were most critical in terms of their effect on the overall average cost of repairing a single inertial measurement unit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787199

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Waterman Jr.
  • E. B. Watson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Guidance
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Logistics
  • Markov Chains
  • Markov Processes
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Stochastic Processes

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  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space