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. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093637

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  • Andrew P. Soms
  • Bernard Harris

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  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
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  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Probability
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  • Reliability
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  • Mathematics

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