PREDICT: A case study, using fuzzy logic

Proceedings of the Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 188-195

  Kerscher III, William J ^a   Booker, Jane M ^b   Meyer, Mary A ^c   Smith, Ronald E ^c  

^a Engineering Analysis Group (ESA EA)   (United States)

^b Design for Reliability Inc   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes analysis; Expert judgment; Product assurance; Reliability demonstration; Reliability growth management; Reliability growth model; Reliability growth testing; Reliability prediction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BAYES ANALYSIS; EXPERT JUDGMENT; PRODUCT ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY GROWTH MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY GROWTH TESTING; RELIABILITY PREDICTION;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0037255918     PISSN: 0149144X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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