Interim Scientific Report: AFOSR-81-0122.

Abstract

Three researchers and one visitor were supported by this grant during this period. Most of the research was in various aspects of reliability, including network reliability, a generalized model of continuous reliability growth, a software reliability model combining the results of several independent inspectors, and a model in which the failure rates for components depend on the working set. Other investigations included Bayesian methods for combining expert opinion, enriched prior distributions for the multinormal distribution, and a new approach to using simulation to estimate first-passage time distributions for Markov chains. Eleven research papers and one Ph.D dissertation were produced during this period. This report summarizes research results and lists publications generated during this period. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 1983
Accession Number
ADA136579

Entities

People

  • R. E. Barlow

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Complexity
  • Computational Science
  • Delphi Method
  • Estimators
  • Kalman Filters
  • Markov Processes
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Theses

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Statistical inference.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference