Feasible Objective Confidence Bounds for System Reliability

Abstract

The basic problem of determining objective (frequentistic) confidence bounds for the reliability of a series system based on failure data from tests of the independent components is addressed. The notion of confidence bounds based on orderings imposed on the sample space is exploited, and certain optimality considerations are incorporated. Advantage is taken of the simplifications resulting from the use of the Poisson approximation for data from highly reliable components. Tables of exact confidence bounds are produced for the case of two-component systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104260

Entities

People

  • M. V. Johns Jr.

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space