Reliability Growth and Its Applications to Dormant Reliability

Abstract

This thesis presents the results of an extensive literature search into reliability growth and the subsequent use of three reliability growth models to predict dormant reliability. A brief review of reliability theory is followed by a survey of reliability growth models, which includes the detailed developments of and specific examples for five popular models. The nature of dormant reliability is then discussed as a prelude to a Monte Carlo analysis using the Duane, Gompertz, and Bonis reliability growth models to predict dormant reliability. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA115577

Entities

People

  • John F. Vonloh

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computational Science
  • Data Science
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design