Accession Number:

AD0653460

Title:

BAYESIAN METHODS AND RELIABILITY GROWTH.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. research paper,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Larson,Harold J.

Report Date:

1967-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

A particular model is proposed for reliability growth and a prior distribution is assumed on the parameters. Various statements regarding the final reliability are then derived a numerical example is included.

Descriptors:

• (*RELIABILITY
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS)
• (*FAILURE(MECHANICS)
• *PROBABILITY)
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• RANDOM VARIABLES
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• INTERPOLATION
• LEAST SQUARES METHOD
• MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
• NUMERICAL INTEGRATION
• STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE