Applications of statistical methods to nondestructive evaluation

Technometrics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-112

  Olin, Bryan D ^a   Meeker, William Q ^b  

^a Miami Valley Laboratories   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; NDI; NDT; Probability of detection; Random effects; ROC; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

CASTING; DECISION THEORY; DEFECTS; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TITANIUM; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

FATIGUE DETECTION; FORGED TITANIUM; JET ENGINE TURBINE DISKS; OUT OF CONTROL CONDITIONS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0030150811     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1996.10484451     Document Type: Article

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