Accession Number:

AD0753627

Title:

The Use of Known Classical System Reliability Estimation Methods to Approximate the Final Solution in Bayesian Methodology.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Mattis,David W.

Report Date:

1972-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

44.0

Abstract:

The thesis examines three methods for calculating the 1001-alpha lower confidence limits for the reliability of a K-sized series system. Assuming that each component reliability has a Beta distribution, identical posterior parameters A and B are assigned for each component. Author

Descriptors:

• (*RELIABILITY
• *CONFIDENCE LIMITS)
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• RANDOM VARIABLES
• PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS
• STATISTICAL TESTS
• GRAPHICS
• CURVE FITTING
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE