Some Statistical Aspects of Attrition Studies

Abstract

A methodology for analysing aircraft attrition data and establishing the reliability of the results is given. Underlying assumptions include exponentially distributed times between attritions, and a mean that increases with operating experience. Principal techniques used are Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Jackknifing. An example is given drawn from F/A-18 data. Keywords: Pascal programming language, Australia. (KR)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA196665

Entities

People

  • B. K. Mcmillan

Organizations

  • Department of Defence

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Computer Programming
  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Losses
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Programming Languages
  • Simultaneous Equations
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Statistical inference.
  • Systems Analysis and Design