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The Bathtub Curve Doesn't Always Hold Water
Nonparametric estimates of failure rate functions may show something you didn’t expect, retirement. If you don’t recognize retirement, you might do unnecessary maintenance and get stuck with obsolete spares...
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- Publish date: 2008-04
- Keywords:Empirical Distribution
Determine Exact Poisson C.I. Using Excel VBA Function
This article in R & M Tech Briefs V.2.#1 describes a new, efficient procedure using an Excel VBA function for determination of the exact confidence interval of data representing an exposure variable (such as time on test or time to failure)...
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- Publish date: 2008-03
- Keywords:Reliability Analysis-Prediction-Estimation
Sequential Testing Reliability Model by N.Schneidewind,Ph.D.
This title feature in RR March 2008,p7ff, presents the risk-driven reliability testing process he recently developed. Concepts from classical sequential testing are used. Producer and consumer risk are considered...
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- Publish date: 2008-03
- Keywords:Software Reliability
Exposure Variables for Reliability Assessment: Exact C.I.
This title in the March 2008 issue of RR discusses their new tool for accurately assessing the reliability of an exposure variable's performance life (time to failure). They introduce use of Excel VBA to compute the exact confidence interval for a data se..
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- Publish date: 2008-03
- Keywords:Reliability
Estimate Part Reliability From Age at Replacement Databases
This title by L.George is the 2nd article in R&M Tech Briefs V.2, #1. It describes how to estimate part reliability from failure history contained in Age at Replacement databases...
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- Publish date: 2008-03
- Keywords:Failure Rate
Apply Object Oriented Design and Analysis?
O-O approach to reliability..
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- Publish date: 2008-01
- Keywords:Reliability Analysis-Prediction-Estimation
Overcome Requirements Deficiencies! The #1 Driver of System Unreliability
The largest Pareto- significant software and system problem lies with "requirements" deficiencies. Frequently, system reliability problems are the result ofinadvertantly incomplete interface definition and late emergence of requirements or changes...
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- Publish date: 2007-03
- Keywords:Software Reliability
MTBF vs. Age-Specific Reliability Prediction
This article describes a method for predicting the age-specific reliability and failure rate functions of new products and parts. It also describes the method's credibility and limitations...
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- Publish date: 2007-01
- Keywords:Reliability Analysis-Prediction-Estimation
Accelerated Testing of System Assemblies
Accelerated testing can be used effectively in two different ways: in a qualitative or a quantitative manner...
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- Publish date: 2007-01
- Keywords:Accelerated Life Testing
Assessment of a Safety-Critical System Including Software: A Bayesian Belief Network for Evidence Sources
(2000) Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) Best Papers, 1974-2004..
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- Publish date: 2000-06
- Keywords:RAMS Best Papers
