Reliability Assessment for Highly Reliable Systems

Abstract

Research detailed in the bulk of this report was motivated by a critical inquiry into the characteristics of three methods for reliability assessment proposed by personnel of the Rock Island Arsenal. These three procedures had been developed somewhat empirically and an evaluation of their appropriateness and precision in the context of application to highly reliable systems appeared to be desirable. In the course of this evaluation it was found necessary to develop a theoretically sound reliability model and an accurate confidence bound procedure to form a basis for the required comparisons. A detailed discussion of the performance of the three methods in light of the results developed in this report is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA021498

Entities

People

  • M. V. Johns Jr.

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Precision
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design