A Note on a Difficulty Inherent in Estimating Reliability from Stress-Strength Relationships.

Abstract

This note calls attention to a difficulty which arises frequently in the application of stress-strength methods in reliability theory. This difficulty has led to unanticipated catastrophic failures in a number of applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089652

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  • Andrew P. Soms
  • Bernard Harris

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  • University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Statistics

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