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Modeling Interactions Between Variables in
Accelerated Life Testing or Life-Stress Analysis
When analyzing accelerated test life data or life-stress data, interactions
between factors are often wrongly ignored or poorly understood and yet have
significant impact. This article presents a simple methodology for analyzing
the significance of interactions among different factors and incorporating
their effects into the reliability analysis.
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read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue53/hottopics53.htm
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| Reliability Basics |
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Using Categorical Variables
in Accelerated Life Testing and Life-Stress Analysis
While ALTA Pro allows the use of
numerical (continuous or discrete) variables, it also allows you to
incorporate factors that represent
categories. Examples include a product used in four different geographical
locations, a product produced in three different manufacturing sites or a product
that uses material supplied by two different suppliers. These types of
variables are called categorical or qualitative variables. This article
discusses the use of categorical variables and provides an example.
To read more, see
http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue53/relbasics53.htm
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| Tool Tips |
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In
RCM++, how can I indicate that certain maintenance tasks should be
performed together?
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What
are the main differences between Xfmea Standard and Xfmea Enterprise?
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How do I obtain goodness-of-fit
results in Weibull++?
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http://www.weibull.com/hotwire/issue53/tooltips53.htm
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Hot News |
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Pre-Release
Promotion
– The rumors are true!! ReliaSoft is scheduled to release
Weibull++ 7 sometime this summer.
Therefore, we want to inform you that any Weibull++ 6 Standard
Single User License that is purchased during the month of
July and August will automatically receive a free upgrade (20%
savings). For those
who currently own Weibull++ 6, we are offering a 10% discount on the
Weibull++ 7 upgrade price.
Additional product details will be posted on our Web site as they
become available:
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New Product Release
– ReliaSoft is scheduled to
release RENO this month. The
RENO
software is designed for Probabilistic Event and Risk Analysis.
Using a flowchart format, the software supports the modeling of
complex dependent probabilistic events. Applications include, but
are not limited to: Risk Analysis, Safety Analysis, Complex
Reliability Modeling, Maintenance, Optimization, as well as
Operational Research problems. ReliaSoft's
RENO software comes with complete and detailed printed
product documentation and on-line help files, as well as a multitude
of example files and guides designed to get you up and running the
minute the application is installed.
• For more details on
RENO as well as case studies
showing it in use, see
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• To request a demo copy of this
innovative product, contact
Sales@ReliaSoft.com or call 1.888.886.0410. |
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2006 ARS Call
for Presentations - The 2006 International Applied Reliability
Symposium, slated for Orlando, FL on June 14 - 16, 2006,
is currently accepting presentation proposals that address the
Symposium theme: "Sharing applications, success stories and lessons
learned in reliability and maintainability engineering." The
deadline for proposal submissions is August 29, 2005. Subjects that
will be covered in the 2006 Symposium include:
• Warranty reduction
• Reliability as an investment, not a cost
• Specifying reliability and reliability metrics
• Supplier management
• Data collection, management and analysis
• Reliability and safety
• Reliability and market share
• Reliability testing
• Software reliability
• Manufacturing reliability
For more information, please visit the ARS Web site at
http://www.ARSymposium.org/present.htm or e-mail
Info@ARSymposium.org. |
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Public
Training Event Calendar |
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July 2005 |
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July 11 - 15, 2005:
MSMT Foundations in
Suzhou, China |
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July 13, 2005:
RS 575 Intro to Reliability Concepts in
Pune, India |
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July 15, 2005:
RS 575 Intro to Reliability Concepts in
Chennai, India |
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July 19, 2005:
RS 575 Intro to Reliability Concepts in
Manila, Philippines |
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July 25 - 29, 2005:
MSMT Foundations in
Philippines |
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August 2005 |
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August 18 - 19, 2005:
2005 International Applied Reliability Symposium, Asia Pacific
in Singapore |
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August 29 - September 2,
2005:
MSMT Foundations in
San Diego, California |
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September 2005 |
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September 6 - 8, 2005:
RS 511 Reliability Growth Analysis and RGA in
Beijing, China |
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September 26 - 28,
2005:
RS 522 Advanced System Analysis and BlockSim in
Tucson, Arizona |
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September
29 - 30,
2005:
RS 470 FMEA/FMECA and Xfmea in
Tucson, Arizona |
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More Reliability Training Seminars... |
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