Accuracy Analysis for a Lower Confidence Limit Procedure for System Reliability

Abstract

This thesis examines a proposed empirical method for determining the 100 (1-alpha) per cent lower confidence limit for the reliability of a system composed of a mixture of series and parallel connected components for which only component level test data is available. The method is an extension of the Log- gamma procedure originally proposed for series connected systems only. The accuracy of the method is assessed for some representative system reliability constructs using a computer simulation procedure. The simulation results are examined with a view toward identification of accuracy indication parameters which may be estimated prior to the component tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031817

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People

  • Thomas R. Gatliffe

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Accuracy
  • California
  • Classification
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Confidence Limits
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Information Science
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Schools
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

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  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Statistical inference.