Pershing II Follow-On Test: Size Reduced by Sequential Analysis.

Abstract

To minimize the amount of destructive testing needed to reaffirm system reliability, the best statistical procedures are needed. Two different methods based on Bayes theorem and Wald's sequential analysis are provided to reduce the size of annual missile tests below that derived from Fisher's Exact Test, which is not even appropriate for small samples under the conditions specified for the Pershing system. The two methods give substantially the same results. The methods are immediately applicable to other systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA192136

Entities

People

  • Daniel Willard
  • Michael W. Woodroofe
  • Nozer Singpurwalla
  • Robert Launer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Sequential Analysis
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Statistical inference.
  • Systems Analysis and Design