Establishing Reliability Goals for Naval Major Caliber Ammunition.

Abstract

In this study, we describe a decision process for establishing the threshold reliabilities for components of naval major caliber ammunition. A measure of reliability performance is described which relates directly to the weapons system's performance in a naval gunfire support environment. We use a simulation model to establish this relationship, a regression metamodel to estimate its parameters, and a simple decision process to specify component reliability thresholds which ensure that the ammunition is mission effective. We present this paper as an example of the integration of discrete event dynamic system analysis within a decision process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA235661

Entities

People

  • Alexander J. Callahan
  • Keebom Kang
  • Marcelo Bartroli
  • Michael P. Bailey

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Components
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Rate
  • Gunfire
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Munitions
  • Navigation
  • Procurement
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.