Accuracy analysis for a lower confidence limit procedure for system reliability.

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Gatliffe, Thomas Robert
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1976-09Advisor
Woods, W.M.
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This thesis examines a proposed empirical method
for determining the 100(1-α)% lower confidence
limit for the reliability of a system composed of a
mixture of series and parallel connected components
for which only component level test data is available.
The method is an extension of the Log-gamma procedure
originally proposed for series connected systems only.
The accuracy of the method is assessed for some
representative system reliability constructs using a
computer simulation procedure. The simulation results
are examined with a view toward identification of
accuracy indication parameters which may be estimated
prior to the component tests.
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