The Reduction of Component Reliability Distributions to a System Reliability Distribution.

Abstract

In this report an analagous Bayesian approach is given to the classical methodology for calculating lower bounds on system reliability as formulated in th Maximus Handbook of February 1980. For ease of comparison the Maximus format is adhered to as far as possible. All theoretical work is given in appendices, as is the description of the computer programs that were developed to facilitate calculations. In addition to the pass/fail test data considered in Maximus the case of exponential times to failure of components is treated. Keywords: Probability distributions; Likelihood functions; Random variables.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA195247

Entities

People

  • Alan Winterbottom
  • John Snell

Organizations

  • City, University of London

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Confidence Limits
  • Control Systems
  • Data Science
  • Lists (Data Structures)
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Sampling

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms