R&M (Reliability and Maintainability) Program Cost Drivers.

Abstract

This report presents the results of a study to establish parametric cost estimating relationships (CER's) for reliability and maintainability program tasks or groups of tasks; and to investigate the feasibility of determining cost-benefit indices. The specific tasks are defined in MIL-STD-785 and MIL-STD-470. The CER's were developed using multiple linear regression analysis (MLR) based on data from 23 projects of varying size and complexity. The cost-benefit investigation determined that the MLR techniques were also applicable to developing models for estimating MTBF gain as a measure of benefit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182773

Entities

People

  • L. E. James
  • R. R. Wicknam
  • S. J. Vandenberg

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Electronic Components
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Organizational Structure
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Regression Analysis.
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