Subject Index

for ReliaSoft's Reliability Publications

This page presents a subject index for ReliaSoft's reliability publications, the quarterly newsletter Reliability Edge and the monthly eMagazine Reliability HotWire.

Numerics A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Numerics

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Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Reliability Edge V7I1]

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Accelerated Degradation Analysis

Accelerated Degradation Analysis Using ALTA [HotWire Issue 110 (April 2010)]
Degradation Analysis in ALTA [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]
Using Degradation Data for Life Data Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Using DOE Results in the Design of an Accelerated Life Test [Reliability Edge V10I2]

Accelerated Test Planning

Accelerated Life Test Plans [Reliability Edge V8I1]
Accelerated Testing Data Analysis Without a Known Physical Failure Model [Reliability Edge V11I1]
Accelerated Test Planning in ALTA [HotWire Issue 124 (June 2011)]
Optimal Allocations of Stress Levels and Test Units in Accelerated Tests [Reliability Edge V5I1]
Using DOE Results in the Design of an Accelerated Life Test [Reliability Edge V10I2]

Accelerated Testing Life Data Analysis

A Simple Demonstration of Accelerated Life Testing Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I1 (1Q 2001)]
Accelerated Life Testing...Why? [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)]
Accelerated Testing Data Analysis Without a Known Physical Failure Model [Reliability Edge V11I1]
An Accelerated Life Testing Model Involving Performance Degradation [HotWire Issue 38 (April 2004)]
Analysis of Accelerated Life Tests with Competing Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 67 (September 2006)]
Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Time-Varying Test and Use Stress Profiles [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Unrelated Failures [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
Analyzing Step Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
Basic Concepts of Accelerated Life Testing Analysis [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
Criticality Analysis [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Degradation Analysis in ALTA [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]
Degradation Analysis in Step-Stress Accelerated Testing [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
Expanded Models for Accelerated Life Test Analysis with Time-Varying Stresses [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
General Log-Linear Model for Accelerated Life Data Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Introduction to the Generalized Eyring Life-Stress Relationship [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
Let the Data Speak About Activation Energy [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]
Looking at Thermal Cycling Data in Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
Modeling Interactions Between Variables in Accelerated Life Testing or Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
Optimal Allocations of Stress Levels and Test Units in Accelerated Tests [Reliability Edge V5I1]
Reliability Testing [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
Using Accelerated Life Testing Analysis to Characterize "Shelf Life" [HotWire Issue 34 (December 2003)]
Using Categorical Variables in Accelerated Life Testing and Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
Using DOE Results in the Design of an Accelerated Life Test [Reliability Edge V10I2]
Using QALT Models to Analyze System Configurations with Load Sharing [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Using Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing Models for Other Applications [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Utilizing Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]
Verifying the Assumption of a Constant Shape Parameter in Accelerated Life Testing Data [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]

Acceleration Factor

Let the Data Speak About Activation Energy [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]

Activation Energy

Let the Data Speak About Activation Energy [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]

Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis

Creating Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plans: Using the MSG-3 Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis Process to Develop an Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plan [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

Allowable Failures

Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]

ALTA Software

A Simple Demonstration of Accelerated Life Testing Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I1 (1Q 2001)]
Accelerated Degradation Analysis Using ALTA [HotWire Issue 110 (April 2010)]
Accelerated Life Test Plans [Reliability Edge V8I1]
Accelerated Test Planning in ALTA [HotWire Issue 124 (June 2011)]
Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Time-Varying Test and Use Stress Profiles [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Unrelated Failures [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
Basic Concepts of Accelerated Life Testing Analysis [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
Common Shape Parameter Likelihood Ratio Test [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
Degradation Analysis in ALTA [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]
Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)]
Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing - Part II [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)
Degradation Analysis in Step-Stress Accelerated Testing [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Estimating Reliability Based on Multiple Random Stress Types [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
Expanded Models for Accelerated Life Test Analysis with Time-Varying Stresses [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
General Log-Linear Model for Accelerated Life Data Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
How to Define a Complicated Stress Profile [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
Introducing ReliaSoft's ALTA 6 and ALTA 6 PRO [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Introduction to the Generalized Eyring Life-Stress Relationship [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
Introduction to the Temperature-Humidity Model [HotWire Issue 50 (April 2005)]
Let the Data Speak About Activation Energy [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]
Life Data Analysis of Load Sharing Units [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
Miner’s Rule and Cumulative Damage Models [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
Modeling Interactions Between Variables in Accelerated Life Testing or Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
Optimal Allocations of Stress Levels and Test Units in Accelerated Tests [Reliability Edge V5I1]
Predicting Warranty Returns Based on Customer Usage Data [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
ReliaSoft Corporation: Ten Year Retrospective [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
Using Accelerated Life Testing Analysis to Characterize "Shelf Life" [HotWire Issue 34 (December 2003)]
Using ALTA with Multi-Stress Physics of Failure Models [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
Using Categorical Variables in Accelerated Life Testing and Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
Using DOE Results in the Design of an Accelerated Life Test [Reliability Edge V10I2]
Using QALT Models to Analyze System Configurations with Load Sharing [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Using Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing Models for Other Applications [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Utilizing Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

Analysis of Variance [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]

ANOVA (see Analysis of Variance)

Asset Performance Management (APM)

Asset Performance Management Using Orion eAPI [HotWire Issue 124 (June 2011)]
Asset Performance Management Supported by Reliability Engineering [Reliability Edge V11I1]

Automated Systems

Benefits of Automated Reliability Systems [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Implementing an Automated Reliability/Quality System: What You Can Expect [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

Availability Estimation

Analyzing the Effect of Inspection Intervals on Availability [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
Availability and the Different Ways to Calculate It [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)
Critical Examination of a Common Assumption in System Availability Computations [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
Relationship Between Availability and Reliability [HotWire Issue 2 6 (April 2003)]
Reliability and Maintainability Analysis for a Remote Telecommunications System [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Using Simulation to Determine the Required Spare Parts for Fielded Systems [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]

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Backlog

Throughput Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Throughput Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]

Balanced/Unbalanced Designs

Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]

Bayesian Statistics

Applications of the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution in Life Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
Bayesian Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
Introduction to the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
A New Era in Life Data Analysis... Weibull++ 7 [Reliability Edge V6I2]
You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]

Beta

A High Value of Beta is Not Necessarily Cause For Concern [Reliability Edge V2I1 (1Q 2001)]
Another Look at the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution (Beta) [HotWire Issue 110 (April 2010)]
Determining the Sample Size for a Life Test Based on the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
Verifying the Assumption of a Constant Shape Parameter in Accelerated Life Testing Data [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]

Beta Factor Method

The Beta Factor Method [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]

Biased Parameters

Understanding Biasedness [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]

BlockSim Software

Ability to Edit Item Properties in Separate Worksheets [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Analysis and Modeling of Grouped and Opportunistic Preventive Maintenance [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
Analyzing Excess System Downtime Through System Modeling [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
Analyzing the Effect of Inspection Intervals on Availability [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
An Application of BlockSim’s Log of Simulations [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
A Pro-rata Warranty Model for Non-Repairable Products [HotWire Issue 100 (June 2009)]
Availability and the Different Ways to Calculate It [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)
Avoiding a Common Mistake in the Analysis of Repairable Systems[Reliability Edge V7I1]
The Beta Factor Method [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
Case Study Report: Integrating Weibull Analysis into Bodyshop Reliability Engineering [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Comparison of RBD and Fault Tree Simulation [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
Component Reliability Importance in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
Don’t Let Your Event/Maintenance Log Data Go to Waste [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
Effect of Inspection Intervals, The [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
Estimating the Expected Number of Failures for Items with Minimal or Perfect Repair [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
Expanded Algebraic Solutions for RBDs and FTDs [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Fault Tree Analysis, Reliability Block Diagrams and BlockSim FTI Edition [Reliability Edge V4I1]
How Long Should You Burn In a System? [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]
How Long Should You Burn In a System? (Part II) [HotWire Issue 103 (September 2009)]
How to Simplify Complex RBDs with a Commonly Used Distribution [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
Imperfect Repair [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
Introduction to Case Study Report: Integrating Weibull Analysis into Bodyshop Reliability Engineering [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Life Cycle Cost Analysis [HotWire Issue 47 (January 2005)]
Life Data Analysis of Load Sharing Units [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
Minimal Cut Sets [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
A Model to Estimate Restoration Factors [Reliability Edge V6I1]
Modeling a Complex Maintenance Scenario in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
MTTF, MTBF, Mean Time Between Replacements and MTBF with Scheduled Replacements [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Overview of BlockSim 6 Containers in Simulation [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
Overview of Fault Tree Gates (Part I) [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)]
Overview of Fault Tree Gates (Part II) [HotWire Issue 38 (April 2004)]
Parametric Models for Common Cause Failure Analysis [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
Quantitative Approach to Setting Component Reliability Specifications [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Relationship Between Availability and Reliability [HotWire Issue 2 6 (April 2003)]
Reliability Allocation and Optimization Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
Reliability and Maintainability Analysis for a Remote Telecommunications System [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Reliability Growth Analysis and Plots [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
Reliability of Standby Systems with a Switching Device [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
Reliability Phase Diagram Analysis [Reliability Edge V8I1]
ReliaSoft Corporation: Ten Year Retrospective [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Restoration Factors in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
Throughput Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Throughput Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
Time Varying and Multi-Phase Throughput Analysis [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)]
Treating Common Cause Failures in Fault Trees [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Updating the Classic Reliability Block Diagram Methodology and Constructs [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Using BlockSim 6 for Planning Just-In-Time Ordering of Spare Parts [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]
Using BlockSim for System Capability Analysis [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
Using BlockSim to Analyze Systems that Do Not Operate 24 Hours per Day [HotWire Issue 48 (February 2005)]
Using Duty Cycles in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
Using Maintenance Policies [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
Using Off-Site Spare Part Stocks to Maintain Systems [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
Using QALT Models to Analyze System Configurations with Load Sharing [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Using Reliability Importance Measures to Guide Component Improvement Efforts [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Using Simulation to Determine the Required Spare Parts for Fielded Systems [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
Using the Fault Tree Method for Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
Using Weibull++ and BlockSim to Calculate t₀ [HotWire Issue 46 (December 2004)]

Bounds (see Confidence Bounds)

Burn-In

Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 1, The [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
How Long Should You Burn In a System? [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]
How Long Should You Burn In a System? (Part II) [HotWire Issue 103 (September 2009)]
Guidelines for Burn-in Justification and Burn-in Time Determination [Reliability Edge V7I2]
Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++: Part II [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
Quantifying Optimum Burn-in Period [HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
Reliability Testing [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]

BX Life

Comparing Two Products Using a Single Metric [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]

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Categorical Variables

Using Categorical Variables in Accelerated Life Testing and Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]

Censored Data

An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Life Data Classifications [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

Change Point Analysis

Change Point Analysis and DRBFM: A Winning Combination [Reliability Edge, V9I2]
Risk Discovery Analysis in Xfmea 5 [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]

Change of Slope Methodology

The Change of Slope Methodology in Reliability Growth Analysis [Reliability Edge V10I2]

Change Tracking

Using the New Change Log Utility in Xfmea or RCM++ [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]

Chart Wizard

Failure Rate of a Series System Using Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
Using the Chart Wizard to Create a Custom Plot [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]

Chi-Squared Test

Chi-Squared Distribution and Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]

Common Cause Failures

The Beta Factor Method [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
Parametric Models for Common Cause Failure Analysis [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
Treating Common Cause Failures in Fault Trees [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]

Competing Failure Modes Analysis

Analysis of Accelerated Life Tests with Competing Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 67 (September 2006)]
Analyzing Failure Modes Using RBDs in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
Multimodal Analysis [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
A New Era in Life Data Analysis... Weibull++ 7 [Reliability Edge V6I2]

Complete Data

Life Data Classifications [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

Complex Systems

Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
Expanded Algebraic Solutions for RBDs and FTDs [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Updating the Classic Reliability Block Diagram Methodology and Constructs [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Using Reliability Importance Measures to Guide Component Improvement Efforts [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

Conditional Reliability

Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]

Confidence Bounds

Bayesian Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
Beta Binomial Confidence Bounds on the Mixed Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 48 (February 2005)]
Bounds on System Reliability [HotWire Issue 102 (August 2009)]
Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)]
Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters (Part II) [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
Differences Between Type I (Time) and Type II (Reliability) Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]
Individual and Joint Parameter Bounds in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]
Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
What Are Confidence Bounds? [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
What Are Confidence Bounds? [HotWire Issue 34 (December 2003)]
Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]

Contour Plots

Comparing Two Data Sets [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)]
Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters (Part II) [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
Relating Distribution Parameters to Real-World Applications [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
Verifying the Assumption of a Constant Shape Parameter in Accelerated Life Testing Data [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]

Corrective Maintenance

Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
Modeling a Complex Maintenance Scenario in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 89 (July 2008)]

Correlation Coefficient

How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
Rank Regression Parameter Estimation [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]

Cost of Replacements

Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]

Covariates

Hands On: Reliability DOE with Covariates [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]

Criticality Analysis

Criticality Analysis [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]

Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Model

Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
Analyzing Warranty Data of Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
Forecasting Underground Electric Cable Faults Using the Crow-AMSAA Model [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
Introduction to the Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
The Change of Slope Methodology in Reliability Growth Analysis [Reliability Edge V10I2]

Cumulative Damage Model

Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
Expanded Models for Accelerated Life Test Analysis with Time-Varying Stresses [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
Miner’s Rule and Cumulative Damage Models [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]

Cumulative Density Function (cdf)

Maximum Likelihood Estimation [HotWire Issue 9 (November 2001)]
Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
The Reliability Function [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]

Customer Usage Data

Customer Usage Profiling [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
Predicting Warranty Returns Based on Customer Usage Data [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Reliability Testing [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]

Cut Sets

Minimal Cut Sets [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]

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Dashboard

Benefits of Automated Reliability Systems [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Data Collection [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
Implementing an Automated Reliability/Quality System: What You Can Expect [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

Data Types (Classifications)

Life Data Classifications [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

DCOV

Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Reliability Edge V7I1]

Decomposition Method

Determining Reliability for Complex Systems [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]

Degradation Analysis

An Accelerated Life Testing Model Involving Performance Degradation [HotWire Issue 38 (April 2004)]
Degradation Analysis in ALTA [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]
Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)]
Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing - Part II [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)
Degradation Analysis in Step-Stress Accelerated Testing [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
Degradation Model Selection in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
Using Degradation Data for Life Data Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Using Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing Models for Other Applications [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

Deming, W. Edwards

Key Factors for Effective FMEAs [Reliability Edge V6I2]
Reliability Program Plan Survey Results [Reliability Edge V10I2]
What Would Deming Do? [HotWire Issue 67 (September 2006)]

Design for Reliability (DFR)

Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Reliability Edge V9I1]
Asset Performance Management Supported by Reliability Engineering [Reliability Edge V11I1]
Avoiding Common Mistakes and Misapplications in Design for Reliability (DFR) [Reliability Edge V11I1]
Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques [Reliability Edge V8I2]
Interaction Between the House of Quality (within Design for Six Sigma) and the FMEA (within Design for Reliability) [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
Reliability Requirements and Specifications [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]

Design of Experiments

Analysis of Variance [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
Box-Behnken Designs for Optimizing Product Performance [HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
Determining Significant Effects in 2^k Designs with a Single Replicate [HotWire Issue 113 (July 2010)]
Discussion of the Residual Sum of Squares in DOE [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Hands On: Reliability DOE with Covariates [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
Importing Data from Excel Files to DOE++ [HotWire Issue 107 (January 2010)]
Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) - DOE Types [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)]
Replicated Runs and Repeated Runs [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
Taguchi Orthogonal Array Designs [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]
Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)]
Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement: Part II [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
Using DOE Results in the Design of an Accelerated Life Test [Reliability Edge V10I2]

Design of Reliability Tests

Demonstration Test Design Using the DRT Tool in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 98 (April 2009)]
Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques [Reliability Edge V8I2 (2Q 2007)]
Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Type I and Type II Errors and Their Applications [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Using OC Curves in Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
Using SimuMatic in RGA [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
see also Accelerated Test Planning, Design of Experiments

Design Review Based on Failure Mode (see DRBFM)

Destructive Testing

Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)]
Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing - Part II [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)

Distributions

Beta Binomial Confidence Bounds on the Mixed Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 48 (February 2005)]
Characteristics of the Lognormal Distribution [HotWire Issue 47 (January 2005)]
Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Chi-Squared Distribution and Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
Choosing an Appropriate Distribution to Analyze Process Variations [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
Cumulative Binomial for Test Design and Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Defining Distributions-Part 1: The Probability Density Function [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
Extreme Value Distributions [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
The Generalized Gamma Distribution and Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
Introduction to the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
Limitations of the Exponential Distribution for Reliability Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Location Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
Relating Distribution Parameters to Real-World Applications [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]

DMAIC

Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Reliability Edge V7I1]

DMEDI

Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Reliability Edge V7I1]

DOE++ Software

Analysis of Variance [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
Box-Behnken Designs for Optimizing Product Performance [HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
Determining Significant Effects in 2^k Designs with a Single Replicate [HotWire Issue 113 (July 2010)]
Discussion of the Residual Sum of Squares in DOE [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Hands On: Reliability DOE with Covariates [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
Importing Data from Excel Files to DOE++ [HotWire Issue 107 (January 2010)]
Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) - DOE Types [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)]
Replicated Runs and Repeated Runs [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
Taguchi Orthogonal Array Designs [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]
Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)]
Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement: Part II [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
Using DOE++ For Product and Process Optimization [HotWire Issue 100 (June 2009)]
Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
Using DOE Results in the Design of an Accelerated Life Test [Reliability Edge V10I2]
Variability Analysis in DOE++ and its Application [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]

Downing Event Criticality

Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]

DRBFM

Change Point Analysis and DRBFM: A Winning Combination [Reliability Edge, V9I2]

Duty Cycles

Using Duty Cycles in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]

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Early Failure Detection

Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]

Effectiveness Factor

Developmental Testing with Corrective Actions Implemented During the Test and Delayed Fixes [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
Reliability Growth Planning and Analysis Across Multiple Test Phases [Reliability Edge V10I1]
Reliability Growth Test Planning and Management [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)], [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]

Enterprise-wide Systems

Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Reliability Edge V7I1]

Engineering Design by Reliability

Engineering Design by Reliability [Reliability Edge V7I2]

Environmental Testing

Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]

Equivalent Single Systems

Build Equivalent Single System During Reliability Growth Testing [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]

Error

Discussion of the Residual Sum of Squares in DOE [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
Type I and Type II Errors and Their Applications [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]

Event Logs

Analyzing Maintenance Data with the Event Log Folio in Weibull++[HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
Don’t Let Your Event/Maintenance Log Data Go to Waste [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]

Event Space Method

Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]

Event Trees

Modeling Event Trees in RENO [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]

Exponential Distribution

Limitations of the Exponential Distribution for Reliability Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
The MLE Solution for the Location Parameter of the 2-Parameter Exponential Distribution [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]

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Failure Analysis Data

Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Unrelated Failures [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
Physics of Failure for Making High Reliability a Reality [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
Source of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]

Failure Behavior

Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 1, The [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]

Failure Criticality Index

Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]

Failure Definitions

Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]

Failure Detection Threshold (FDT)

On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]

Fault Avoidance

Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]

Fault Tolerance

Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]

Fault Trees

Comparison of RBD and Fault Tree Simulation [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
Expanded Algebraic Solutions for RBDs and FTDs [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Fault Tree Analysis, Reliability Block Diagrams and BlockSim FTI Edition [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Minimal Cut Sets [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
Overview of Fault Tree Gates (Part I) [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)]
Overview of Fault Tree Gates (Part II) [HotWire Issue 38 (April 2004)]
Treating Common Cause Failures in Fault Trees [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Using the Fault Tree Method for Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]

Field Data

Accelerated Testing Data Analysis Without a Known Physical Failure Model [Reliability Edge V11I1]
Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
Customer Usage Profiling [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
Data Collection [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part I) [HotWire Issue 40 (June 2004)]
Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part II) [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Source of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Using Multiple Reliability Tools to Augment Limited Data [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]

Fisher Matrix Confidence Bounds

Comparison of Fisher Matrix and Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bound Methods [HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]

Fleet Analysis

Analyzing Warranty Data of Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
Crow Extended Fleet Analysis [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]

Flowchart Simulation

Using Simulation to Determine the Optimal Interval for On-Condition Inspections [Reliability Edge V9I2]
RENO to Enhance Traditional Engineering Analysis [ HotWire Issue 114 (August 2010)]

FMEA/FMECA

Basic Concepts of FMEA and FMECA [HotWire Issue 46 (December 2004)]
Criticality Analysis [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Enterprise Level Management of FMEAs — A Fictional Case Study [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]
Examining Risk Priority Numbers in FMEA [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
FMEA Success Factors [Reliability Edge V6I1]
Gathering Information for Effective Design and Process FMEAs [HotWire Issue 117 (November 2010)]
Key Factors for Effective FMEAs [Reliability Edge V6I2]
Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or RCM Analyses [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]

FMEA Accelerator®

Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or RCM Analyses [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]

FRED Report

Case Study Report: Integrating Weibull Analysis into Bodyshop Reliability Engineering [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]

Forecasting Data

Source of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]

Function Wizard

Building a Composite Function in the Weibull++ Function Wizard [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]

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Gamma Distribution

Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]

Gamma Parameter

Location Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]

Gap Analysis

Reliability Growth Analysis with Missing or Erroneous Data [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]

General Log Linear Model (GLL)

Using ALTA with Multi-Stress Physics of Failure Models [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]

General Renewal Process Model (GRP)

On the NHPP with Underlying Distributions of the Location–Scale Family [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]

Generalized Gamma

The Generalized Gamma Distribution and Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]

Gompertz Models

Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the Standard and Modified Gompertz Models [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]

Goodness of Fit

How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
Verifying the Assumption of a Constant Shape Parameter in Accelerated Life Testing Data [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]

Growth Planning (see Reliability Growth)

GRP Model (see General Renewal Process Model)

Gumbel Distribution

Extreme Value Distributions [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]

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Histograms

Defining Distributions-Part 1: The Probability Density Function [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]

Hypothesis Tests

Type I and Type II Errors and Their Applications [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]

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Imperfect Repair

Imperfect Repair [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
Restoration Factors in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]

Importance Measures (see Reliability Importance Measures)

Indicator Variables

Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]

Infant Mortality

Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 1, The [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]

In-House Testing

Data Collection [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
Reliability Testing [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]

Inspections (Maintenance)

Analyzing the Effect of Inspection Intervals on Availability [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
Effect of Inspection Intervals, The [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
Modeling a Complex Maintenance Scenario in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]

Intangible Asset Valuation

Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [Reliability Edge V5I1]

Interval Censored Data

An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Life Data Classifications [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

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Just-In-Time Philosophy

Using BlockSim 6 for Planning Just-In-Time Ordering of Spare Parts [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]

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K-out-of-N Redundancy

Updating the Classic Reliability Block Diagram Methodology and Constructs [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]

Kaplan-Meier Estimator

Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]

Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) Test

The Distribution Wizard in Weibull++ 7 [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]

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Lab Reliability

Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]

Lambda Predict Software

Derating for Electronic Components [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
Reliability Allocation Using Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 98 (April 2009)]
Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part I: Introduction to Standards Based Reliability Prediction and Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 50 (April 2005)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part II: The Standards for Reliability Prediction [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part III: Completing the Picture: Using Lambda Predict to Augment your BlockSim RBDs [HotWire Issue 52 (June 2005)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction in a Nutshell [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]

Least Squares Method

Rank Regression Parameter Estimation [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]

Life-Stress Models

General Log-Linear Model for Accelerated Life Data Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Introduction to the Generalized Eyring Life-Stress Relationship [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
Introduction to the Temperature-Humidity Model [HotWire Issue 50 (April 2005)]
Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
Miner’s Rule and Cumulative Damage Models [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]

Likelihood Function

Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
Maximum Likelihood Estimation [HotWire Issue 9 (November 2001)]
Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]

Likelihood Ratio Method

Common Shape Parameter Likelihood Ratio Test [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
Comparison of Fisher Matrix and Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bound Methods[HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)]
Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters (Part II) [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]

Likelihood Value

Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
The Distribution Wizard in Weibull++ 7 [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]

Lloyd-Lipow Model

Analyzing Growth Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Lloyd Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
Introduction to Developmental Test Analysis with the Lloyd-Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 52 (June 2005)]

Load Sharing

Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
Life Data Analysis of Load Sharing Units [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
Updating the Classic Reliability Block Diagram Methodology and Constructs [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Using QALT Models to Analyze System Configurations with Load Sharing [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]

Load-Strength Interference

Derating for Electronic Components [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]

Location Parameter

Location Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]

Logistic Distribution

Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]

Logistic Model

Analyzing Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Logistic Model [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]

Loglogistic Distribution

Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]

Lognormal Distribution

Characteristics of the Lognormal Distribution [HotWire Issue 47 (January 2005)]

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Maintainability

Availability and the Different Ways to Calculate It [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)
Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
International Applied Reliability Symposium [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Relationship Between Availability and Reliability [HotWire Issue 26 (April 2003)]
Reliability and Maintainability Analysis for a Remote Telecommunications System [Reliability Edge V4I1]

Maintenance Crews

Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]

Maintenance Logs

Analyzing Maintenance Data with the Event Log Folio in Weibull++[HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
Don’t Let Your Event/Maintenance Log Data Go to Waste [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]

Maintenance Plans

Analysis and Modeling of Grouped and Opportunistic Preventive Maintenance [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
Analyzing the Effect of Inspection Intervals on Availability [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
Creating Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plans: Using the MSG-3 Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis Process to Develop an Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plan [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Comparing Maintenance Strategies Based on Cost and Availability [Reliability Edge V6I2]
Financial Impact of Reliability on Supplier Selection and Maintenance Planning [Reliability Edge V9I2]
On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
The RCM Perspective on Maintenance [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]

Maintenance Policies

Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
Using Maintenance Policies [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]

Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE)

Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
Comparison of Fisher Matrix and Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bound Methods[HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
Comparison of MLE and Rank Regression When the Data Set Contains Suspensions [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
Maximum Likelihood Estimation [HotWire Issue 9 (November 2001)]
Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
The MLE Solution for the Location Parameter of the 2-Parameter Exponential Distribution [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Understanding Biasedness [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]

Mean Cumulative Function

Graphical Analysis of Repair Data [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Graphical Comparison of Sets of Repair Data [Reliability Edge, V4I2]

Mean Life Function

Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification, The [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification, The [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

Mean Time Between Replacements

MTTF, MTBF, Mean Time Between Replacements and MTBF with Scheduled Replacements [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]

Mission Profiles

New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]

Mixed Weibull Analysis

Beta Binomial Confidence Bounds on the Mixed Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 48 (February 2005)]
Multimodal Analysis [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]

MLE (see Maximum Likelihood Estimation)

Monte Carlo Simulation

Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Solving Complex Probabilistic Problems Through Simulation [Reliability Edge V6I2]
Using Weibull++ 7 and Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]

MPC Software

Creating Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plans: Using the MSG-3 Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis Process to Develop an Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plan [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

MSG-3

Creating Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plans: Using the MSG-3 Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis Process to Develop an Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plan [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

MTBF/MTTF

Avoiding Common Mistakes and Misapplications in Design for Reliability (DFR) [Reliability Edge V11I1]
Avoiding a Common Mistake in the Analysis of Repairable Systems[Reliability Edge V7I1]
Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
Characterizing Your Product's Reliability [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Characterizing Your Product's Reliability [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
Crow Extended Fleet Analysis [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]
Developmental Testing with Corrective Actions Implemented During the Test and Delayed Fixes [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
Financial Impact of Reliability on Supplier Selection and Maintenance Planning [Reliability Edge V9I2]
Limitations of the Exponential Distribution for Reliability Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification, The [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification, The [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
MTTF, MTBF, Mean Time Between Replacements and MTBF with Scheduled Replacements [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
Reliability Growth Test Planning and Management [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)], [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]

Multi-Phase Reliability Growth Analysis

New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
Statistical Tests for Effectiveness of Corrective Actions in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 107 (January 2010)]

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Non-Homogeneous Poisson Process (NHPP)

Introduction to the Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
On the NHPP with Underlying Distributions of the Location–Scale Family [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]

Nonparametric Analysis

An Application of BlockSim’s Log of Simulations [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
Applications of Non-Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis in Reliability Engineering [HotWire Issue 57 (November 2005)]
Data Analysis and Reporting [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
Introduction to Non-Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 57 (November 2005)]
Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]

Normal Life Period

Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]

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On-Condition Maintenance

Using Simulation to Determine the Optimal Interval for On-Condition Inspections [Reliability Edge V9I2]

One-Shot Systems

Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]

Operating Characteristic Curves

Using OC Curves in Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]

Operating Conditions, Analyzing Different

Using Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing Models for Other Applications [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

Optimization (Maintenance Planning)

Using Simulation to Determine the Optimal Interval for On-Condition Inspections [Reliability Edge V9I2]

Optimization (Reliability Allocation)

Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques [Reliability Edge V8I2 (2Q 2007)]
Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Reliability Allocation and Optimization Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]

Optimization (Throughput)

Analysis and Modeling of Grouped and Opportunistic Preventive Maintenance [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
Economical Life Model for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]

Orion eAPI Software

Asset Performance Management Using Orion eAPI [HotWire Issue 124 (June 2011)]

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P-F Intervals

On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]

Parallel Configuration

Updating the Classic Reliability Block Diagram Methodology and Constructs [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]

Parameter Bounds

Individual and Joint Parameter Bounds in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]

Parameter Estimation

Using the Cumulative Binomial Equation for Reliability Demonstration Test Design and for Estimating the Parameters of a Data Set with Zero Failures [HotWire Issue 118 (December 2010)]
Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)]
Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters (Part II) [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
Comparison of MLE and Rank Regression When the Data Set Contains Suspensions [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
Maximum Likelihood Estimation [HotWire Issue 9 (November 2001)]
Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
Probability Plotting [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
Rank Regression Parameter Estimation [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]
ReliaSoft's Ranking Method [HotWire Issue 26 (April 2003)]
Understanding Biasedness [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]

Parametric Analysis

An Application of BlockSim’s Log of Simulations [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
Data Analysis and Reporting [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]

Path-Tracing Method

Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]

PDCA

Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Reliability Edge V7I1]

Peck Model

Using ALTA with Multi-Stress Physics of Failure Models [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]

Periodical Inspection

Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]

Phase Diagrams (See Reliability Phase Diagrams)

Physics of Failure Methods

Using ALTA with Multi-Stress Physics of Failure Models [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]

Plots

Using the Chart Wizard to Create a Custom Plot [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]

Power Law Model

Practical Methods for Analyzing the Reliability of Repairable Systems [Reliability Edge V5I1]
Using the Power Law Model for Data Analysis in RGA [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]

Preventive Maintenance (PM)

Analysis and Modeling of Grouped and Opportunistic Preventive Maintenance [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
Limitations of the Exponential Distribution for Reliability Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Optimum Maintenance Intervals in RCM++ [HotWire Issue 113 (July 2010)]
Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]

Probabilistic Design

Using Weibull++ 7 and Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]

Probability Density Function (pdf)

Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Defining Distributions-Part 1: The Probability Density Function [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
The Reliability Function [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]

Probability Plots

How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
Probability Plotting [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]

Probability Theory

Introduction to Probability Theory [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]

Problem Solving Methods

Data, Where Art Thou? [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Reliability Edge V7I1]
FRACAS: An Essential Ingredient for Reliability Success [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)]

Process Optimization

Using DOE++ For Product and Process Optimization [HotWire Issue 100 (June 2009)]

Proportional Hazards Model

Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]

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Quality and Reliability

Interaction Between the House of Quality (within Design for Six Sigma) and the FMEA (within Design for Reliability) [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]

Quality Tracking and Management System (QTMS)

Benefits of Automated Reliability Systems [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Data, Where Art Thou? [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Implementing an Automated Reliability/Quality System: What You Can Expect [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

Quantitative Accelerated Life Tests (QALT) (see Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis)

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Random Stresses

Estimating Reliability Based on Multiple Random Stress Types [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]

Random Variables

The Reliability Function [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]

Ranks and Rank Regression

Comparison of MLE and Rank Regression When the Data Set Contains Suspensions [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
Median Rank Based on Mean Order Number [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Rank Regression Parameter Estimation [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]
Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]

RCM++ Software

Basic Steps of Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) – Part I [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]
Basic Steps of Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) – Part II [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)]
Basic Steps of Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) – Part III [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Comparing Maintenance Strategies Based on Cost and Availability [Reliability Edge V6I2]
On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Optimum Maintenance Intervals in RCM++ [HotWire Issue 113 (July 2010)]
Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
The RCM Perspective on Maintenance [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or RCM Analyses [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
Using the New Change Log Utility in Xfmea or RCM++ [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]

Recurrent Events Data Analysis

Applications of Non-Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis in Reliability Engineering [HotWire Issue 57 (November 2005)]
Introduction to Non-Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 57 (November 2005)]
A New Era in Life Data Analysis... Weibull++ 7 [Reliability Edge V6I2]
Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]

Reliability Allocation

Quantitative Approach to Setting Component Reliability Specifications [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Reliability Allocation and Optimization Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
Reliability Allocation Using Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 98 (April 2009)]

Reliability Block Diagrams

Analyzing Failure Modes Using RBDs in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
Comparison of RBD and Fault Tree Simulation [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
Determining the Reliability of a System with Standby Redundancy [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
Difference Between Physical and Reliability-Wise Arrangement [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
Expanded Algebraic Solutions for RBDs and FTDs [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Failure Rate of a Series System Using Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
Fault Tree Analysis, Reliability Block Diagrams and BlockSim FTI Edition [Reliability Edge V4I1]
How to Simplify Complex RBDs with a Commonly Used Distribution [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
How Long Should You Burn In a System? (Part II) [HotWire Issue 103 (September 2009)]
Minimal Cut Sets [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
A New Era in Life Data Analysis... Weibull++ 7 [Reliability Edge V6I2]
Parametric Models for Common Cause Failure Analysis [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
Reliability and Maintainability Analysis for a Remote Telecommunications System [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Reliability of Standby Systems with a Switching Device [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
Throughput Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Throughput Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
Updating the Classic Reliability Block Diagram Methodology and Constructs [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
Using QALT Models to Analyze System Configurations with Load Sharing [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Using Reliability Importance Measures to Guide Component Improvement Efforts [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Using the Fault Tree Method for Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]

Reliability Centered Maintenance

Basic Steps of Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) – Part I [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]
Basic Steps of Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) – Part II [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)]
Basic Steps of Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) – Part III [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Comparing Maintenance Strategies Based on Cost and Availability [Reliability Edge V6I2]
On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) - A Cost Saving Measure [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
The RCM Perspective on Maintenance [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]

Reliability Demonstration Tests

Reliability Demonstration Tests for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
Using the Cumulative Binomial Equation for Reliability Demonstration Test Design and for Estimating the Parameters of a Data Set with Zero Failures [HotWire Issue 118 (December 2010)]

Reliability DOE

An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
Hands On: Reliability DOE with Covariates [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]

Reliability Function

Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Characterizing Your Product's Reliability [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Characterizing Your Product's Reliability [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
The Reliability Function [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]

Reliability Growth

Analyzing Growth Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Lloyd Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
Analyzing Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Logistic Model [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
Build Equivalent Single System During Reliability Growth Testing [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
Common Beta Hypothesis Test In Reliability Growth and Repairable Systems Analysis [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
Developmental Testing with Corrective Actions Implemented During the Test and Delayed Fixes [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part I) [HotWire Issue 40 (June 2004)]
Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part II) [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
Foundations of Reliability [HotWire Issue 39 (May 2004)]
Introduction to Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 39 (May 2004)]
New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
Reliability Demonstration Tests for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
Reliability Growth Analysis and Plots [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Reliability Growth Analysis with Missing or Erroneous Data [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
Reliability Growth Planning [HotWire Issue 119 (January 2011)]
Reliability Growth Test Planning and Management [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)], [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
Software Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)]
Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the Standard and Modified Gompertz Models [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
The Change of Slope Methodology in Reliability Growth Analysis [Reliability Edge V10I2]
Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]
Using the Power Law Model for Data Analysis in RGA [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]

Reliability Importance Measures

Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
Using Reliability Importance Measures to Guide Component Improvement Efforts [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

Reliability of Electronic Products

Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]

Reliability Phase Diagrams

Phase Analysis with Complex Diagrams [HotWire Issue 118 (December 2010)]
Reliability Phase Diagram Analysis [Reliability Edge V8I1]
Time Varying and Multi-Phase Throughput Analysis [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)]

Reliability Prediction (see Standards Based Reliability Prediction)

Reliability Program

Avoiding Common Mistakes and Misapplications in Design for Reliability (DFR) [Reliability Edge V11I1]
Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques [Reliability Edge V8I2 (2Q 2007)]
Developing a Reliability Benchmark Survey [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Fostering a Culture of Reliability [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]
Introduction to Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 39 (May 2004)]
Reliability Program Plan Survey Results [Reliability Edge V10I2]
Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]

Reliability Specifications

Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
Cumulative Binomial for Test Design and Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Developing a Reliability Benchmark Survey [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Developing Good Reliability Specifications [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
How to Specify for Reliability [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification, The [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification, The [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Quantitative Approach to Setting Component Reliability Specifications [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Reliability Function [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)], The
Reliability Requirements and Specifications [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]

Reliability Testing

Cumulative Binomial for Test Design and Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Determining the Sample Size for a Life Test Based on the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
Sources of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
Using SimuMatic in RGA [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]

RENO Software

Modeling Event Trees in RENO [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
Probabilistic Event and Risk Analysis with RENO [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
Solving Complex Probabilistic Problems Through Simulation [Reliability Edge V6I2]
Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++: Part II [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
Using Simulation to Determine the Optimal Interval for On-Condition Inspections [Reliability Edge V9I2]
Using Spreadsheets in RENO [HotWire Issue 102 (August 2009)]
Using RENO to Enhance Traditional Engineering Analysis [HotWire Issue 114 (August 2010)]
Using RENO to Examine Interval Width [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]

Repair Data

Graphical Analysis of Repair Data [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Graphical Comparison of Sets of Repair Data [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
Reliability Growth Analysis and Plots [Reliability Edge V4I1]

Repairable Systems

A Model to Estimate Restoration Factors [Reliability Edge V6I1]
Analyzing Excess System Downtime Through System Modeling [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
Analyzing Warranty Data of Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
Common Beta Hypothesis Test In Reliability Growth and Repairable Systems Analysis [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
Economical Life Model for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
Practical Methods for Analyzing the Reliability of Repairable Systems [Reliability Edge V5I1]
Reliability Demonstration Tests for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]

Replacement Times

Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

Residual Plots

Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
Utilizing Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]

Restoration Factor

Imperfect Repair [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
Restoration Factors in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]

Revision Control

Using the New Change Log Utility in Xfmea or RCM++ [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]

RGA Software

Analyzing Growth Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Lloyd Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
Analyzing Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Logistic Model [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
Analyzing Warranty Data of Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
Build Equivalent Single System During Reliability Growth Testing [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
Common Beta Hypothesis Test In Reliability Growth and Repairable Systems Analysis [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
Crow Extended Fleet Analysis [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]
Developmental Testing with Corrective Actions Implemented During the Test and Delayed Fixes [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
Economical Life Model for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part I) [HotWire Issue 40 (June 2004)]
Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part II) [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
Forecasting Underground Electric Cable Faults Using the Crow-AMSAA Model [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
Introduction to Developmental Test Analysis with the Lloyd-Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 52 (June 2005)]
Introduction to Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 39 (May 2004)]
Introduction to the Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
MTTF, MTBF, Mean Time Between Replacements and MTBF with Scheduled Replacements [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Ongoing Comprehensive Warranty Analysis for Repairable Systems [Reliability Edge V7I1]
Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
Reliability Growth Analysis and Plots [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Reliability Growth Analysis with Missing or Erroneous Data [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
Reliability Growth Planning [HotWire Issue 119 (January 2011)]
Software Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)]
Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the Standard and Modified Gompertz Models [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
Statistical Tests for Effectiveness of Corrective Actions in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 107 (January 2010)]
The Change of Slope Methodology in Reliability Growth Analysis [Reliability Edge V10I2]
Using Simulation to Determine the Optimal Interval for On-Condition Inspections [Reliability Edge V9I2]
Using the Power Law Model for Data Analysis in RGA [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]

Right Censored Data

Life Data Classifications [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]

Risk Analysis

Modeling Event Trees in RENO [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
Probabilistic Event and Risk Analysis with RENO [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]

Risk Discovery

Risk Discovery Analysis in Xfmea 5 [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]

Risk Priority Numbers

Examining Risk Priority Numbers in FMEA [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]

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Safety Margin

Derating for Electronic Components [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]

Scheduled Maintenance Plans

Creating Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plans: Using the MSG-3 Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis Process to Develop an Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plan [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Comparing Maintenance Strategies Based on Cost and Availability [Reliability Edge V6I2]

Series Configuration

Failure Rate of a Series System Using Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
Updating the Classic Reliability Block Diagram Methodology and Constructs [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]

Simple Actuarial Method

Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]

Simulation

Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
Exploring Reliability Analysis Using Simulation [Reliability Edge V2I1 (1Q 2001)]
Overview of BlockSim 6 Containers in Simulation [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
Reliability Phase Diagram Analysis [Reliability Edge V8I1]
Steps in a System Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Simulation Analysis [HotWire Issue 103 (September 2009)]
Throughput Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Throughput Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
Using Maintenance Policies [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
Using Simulation to Determine the Required Spare Parts for Fielded Systems [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
Using SimuMatic in RGA [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
Using Weibull++ 7 and Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
see also Flowchart Simulation

SimuMatic

Accelerated Life Test Plans [Reliability Edge V8I1]
Determining the Sample Size for a Life Test Based on the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
Sources of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
Understanding Biasedness [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
Using SimuMatic in RGA [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]

Six Sigma

Interaction Between the House of Quality (within Design for Six Sigma) and the FMEA (within Design for Reliability) [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Reliability Edge V7I1]

Small Data Sets

Using Multiple Reliability Tools to Augment Limited Data [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]

Software Reliability

Cost Benefits of Predicting Software Reliability [Reliability Edge V6I1]
Software Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)]
Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the Standard and Modified Gompertz Models [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]

Spare Part Pools

Using BlockSim 6 for Planning Just-In-Time Ordering of Spare Parts [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]
Using Off-Site Spare Part Stocks to Maintain Systems [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
Using Simulation to Determine the Required Spare Parts for Fielded Systems [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]

SPC (see Statistical Process Control)

Specifications (see Reliability Specifications)

Standard Actuarial Method

Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]

Standards Based Reliability Prediction

Reliability Prediction for Components in Fatigue [Reliability Edge V8I2 (2Q 2007)]
Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Reliability Edge V9I1 (2Q 2008)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part I: Introduction to Standards Based Reliability Prediction and Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 50 (April 2005)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part II: The Standards for Reliability Prediction [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part III: Completing the Picture: Using Lambda Predict to Augment your BlockSim RBDs [HotWire Issue 52 (June 2005)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction in a Nutshell [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]

Standby Redundancy

Determining the Reliability of a System with Standby Redundancy [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
Reliability of Standby Systems with a Switching Device [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
Updating the Classic Reliability Block Diagram Methodology and Constructs [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Monitoring Warranty Returns Using Statistical Process Control (SPC) [HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]

Step-Stress Profile

Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
Degradation Analysis in Step-Stress Accelerated Testing [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
Looking at Thermal Cycling Data in Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]

Stress Profiles

Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Time-Varying Test and Use Stress Profiles [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
How to Define a Complicated Stress Profile [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
Looking at Thermal Cycling Data in Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]

Stress-Strength Interference Analysis

Predicting Warranty Returns Based on Customer Usage Data [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

Success/Failure Data

Analyzing Growth Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Lloyd Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
Analyzing Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Logistic Model [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]

Sudden Death Testing Data

Analyzing Sudden Death Testing Data [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]

Supplier Selection

Financial Impact of Reliability on Supplier Selection and Maintenance Planning [Reliability Edge V9I2]

Suspension Data

Comparison of MLE and Rank Regression When the Data Set Contains Suspensions [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
Life Data Classifications [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Maximum Likelihood Estimation [HotWire Issue 9 (November 2001)]
Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Unbiasing Parameters in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]

System Analysis (Reliability, Availability, etc.)

Critical Examination of a Common Assumption in System Availability Computations [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Component Reliability Importance in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
Determining the Reliability of a System with Standby Redundancy [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
Introduction to Probability Theory [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
Phase Analysis with Complex Diagrams [HotWire Issue 118 (December 2010)]
Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Reliability and Maintainability Analysis for a Remote Telecommunications System [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Reliability Phase Diagram Analysis [Reliability Edge V8I1]
Reliability Requirements and Specifications [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
Quantitative Approach to Setting Component Reliability Specifications [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Using Duty Cycles in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
Using BlockSim for System Capability Analysis [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
Using Reliability Importance Measures to Guide Component Improvement Efforts [Reliability Edge V1I1 (2Q 2000)]
Using Maintenance Policies [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]

System Throughput (see Throughput Analysis)

Systems and Powerplant Analysis (MSG-3, Aircraft)

Creating Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plans: Using the MSG-3 Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis Process to Develop an Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plan [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]

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Tangible Asset Valuation

Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]

Technical Support

ReliaSoft’s Technical Support Services [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]

Terminal Servers

Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Reliability Edge V7I1]

Throughput Analysis

Throughput Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Throughput Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)
Time Varying and Multi-Phase Throughput Analysis [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)]
Using BlockSim for System Capability Analysis [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]

Time-Varying Stress Profiles

Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Time-Varying Test and Use Stress Profiles [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
Expanded Models for Accelerated Life Test Analysis with Time-Varying Stresses [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
Looking at Thermal Cycling Data in Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]

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Unbalanced Designs

Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]

Usage Data

New Feature in Weibull++ [Reliability Edge V8I1]
Predicting Warranty Returns Based on Customer Usage Data [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Usage-Based Warranty Analysis [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)]

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Valuation of Intangible Assets

Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]

Variability

An Application of BlockSim’s Log of Simulations [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
Variability Analysis in DOE++ and its Application [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]
Using RENO to Enhance Traditional Engineering Analysis [HotWire Issue 114 (August 2010)]

Variable Throughput

Time Varying and Multi-Phase Throughput Analysis [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)]

Variations in Process

Process Variation and Capability Assessment [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]

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Warranty Analysis

Accounting for Seasonal Effects in Warranty Analysis [Reliability Edge V8I2 (2Q 2007)]
Analysis of Non-Homogeneous Warranty Data [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
Analysis of Automotive Warranty Data in the Mileage Domain [Reliability Edge V7I2]
A New Era in Life Data Analysis... Weibull++ 7 [Reliability Edge V6I2]
A Pro-rata Warranty Model for Non-Repairable Products [HotWire Issue 100 (June 2009)]
Introduction to Case Study Report: Integrating Weibull Analysis into Bodyshop Reliability Engineering [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
Life Data Analysis with Zero-Time (Out-Of-The-Box) Failures [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
Monitoring Warranty Returns Using Statistical Process Control (SPC) [HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
New Feature in Weibull++ [Reliability Edge V8I1]
Ongoing Comprehensive Warranty Analysis for Repairable Systems [Reliability Edge V7I1]
Predicting Warranty Returns [Reliability Edge V2I1 (1Q 2001)]
Predicting Warranty Returns [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
Predicting Warranty Returns Based on Customer Usage Data [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Predicting Warranty Returns in Weibull++ 7 [HotWire Issue 119 (January 2011)]
Sources of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++: Part II [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
Usage-Based Warranty Analysis [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)]
Using RENO to Examine Interval Width [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
Using Warranty Return Data to Compare Different Product Designs [HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]

Wearout

Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
Economical Life Model for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]

Web-based Software

Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Reliability Edge V7I1]

Weibull-Bayesian Distribution

Applications of the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution in Life Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
Introduction to the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]

Weibull Distribution

A High Value of Beta is Not Necessarily Cause For Concern [Reliability Edge V2I1 (1Q 2001)]
Analyzing Excess System Downtime Through System Modeling [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
Another Look at the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution (Beta) [HotWire Issue 110 (April 2010)]
Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Classic Case Studies in Reliability Analysis: The Weibull Distribution [Reliability Edge V2I2 (2Q 2001)]
Determining the Sample Size for a Life Test Based on the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
Extreme Value Distributions [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [Reliability Edge V5I1]
Location Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
Process Variation and Capability Assessment [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]

Weibull++ Software

Analyzing Failure Modes Using RBDs in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
Bayesian Statistics
- Applications of the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution in Life Data Analysis [ HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
- Introduction to the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution [ HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
Bounds on System Reliability [HotWire Issue 102 (August 2009)]
Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
Choosing an Appropriate Distribution to Analyze Process Variations [Reliability Edge, V4I2]
Comparing Data Sets
- Interpretation of the Integral Used in the Weibull++ Comparison Wizard [HotWire Issue 114 (August 2010)]
- Comparing Two Data Sets [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
- Comparing Two Products Using a Single Metric [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
- Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
- Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++: Part II [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
Contour Plots
- Relating Distribution Parameters to Real-World Applications [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
Degradation Analysis Folio
- Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)]
- Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing - Part II [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)
- Degradation Model Selection in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Design of Reliability Tests (DRT) Utility
- Chi-Squared Distribution and Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
- Demonstration Test Design Using the DRT Tool in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 98 (April 2009)]
- Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
- Using OC Curves in Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
Distribution Wizard
- The Distribution Wizard in Weibull++ 7 [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
Estimating the Expected Number of Failures for Items with Minimal or Perfect Repair [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
Event Log Folio
- Analyzing Maintenance Data with the Event Log Folio in Weibull++[HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
- Don’t Let Your Event/Maintenance Log Data Go to Waste [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
Extreme Value Distributions [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
Function Wizard
- Building a Composite Function in the Weibull++ Function Wizard [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
General Spreadsheet
- Failure Rate of a Series System Using Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
Individual and Joint Parameter Bounds in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]
Integration with BlockSim
- How to Simplify Complex RBDs with a Commonly Used Distribution [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
Likelihood Ration Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
Median Rank Based on Mean Order Number [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Monte Carlo/Simumatic
- Estimating Reliability Based on Multiple Random Stress Types [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
- Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
- Using Weibull++ 7 and Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
Multimodal Analysis
- Competing Failure Modes Analysis [Reliability Edge V2I3 (4Q 2001)]
- Multimodal Analysis [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
A New Era in Life Data Analysis... Weibull++ 7 [Reliability Edge V6I2]
New Feature in Weibull++ For Automotive Warranty Analysis Using Mileage Data[Reliability Edge V8I1]
Non-Linear Equation Fit Solver
- How to Define a Complicated Stress Profile [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
Nonparametric Analysis
- Nonparametric Analysis Utility [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
Predicting Warranty Returns Based on Customer Usage Data [Reliability Edge V3I1 (1Q 2002)]
Recurrent Event Data Analysis
- Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
Relating Distribution Parameters to Real-World Applications [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
ReliaSoft's Ranking Method [HotWire Issue 2 6 (April 2003)]
Report Wizard
- Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
- Quantifying Optimum Burn-in Period [HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
The MLE Solution for the Location Parameter of the 2-Parameter Exponential Distribution [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
Type I and Type II Errors and Their Applications [ HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Unbiasing Parameters in Weibull++ [ HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]
Understanding Updated Life Data Results [HotWire Issue 117 (November 2010)]
Using Multiple Reliability Tools to Augment Limited Data [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
Using the Chart Wizard to Create a Custom Plot [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
Using RENO to Examine Interval Width [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
Using Weibull++ and BlockSim to Calculate t₀ [HotWire Issue 46 (December 2004)]
Warranty Analysis Folio
- Analysis of Non-Homogeneous Warranty Data [ HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
- Analysis of Automotive Warranty Data in the Mileage Domain [ Reliability Edge V7I2]
- Life Data Analysis with Zero-Time (Out-Of-The-Box) Failures [ HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
- Monitoring Warranty Returns Using Statistical Process Control (SPC)[ HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
- Predicting Warranty Returns [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
- Predicting Warranty Returns in Weibull++ 7 [HotWire Issue 119 (January 2011)]
- Usage-Based Warranty Analysis [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)]
- Using Warranty Return Data to Compare Different Product Designs [ HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]

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Xfmea Software

Basic Concepts of FMEA and FMECA [HotWire Issue 46 (December 2004)]
Enterprise Level Management of FMEAs — A Fictional Case Study [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]
Examining Risk Priority Numbers in FMEA [Reliability Edge V4I1]
Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis [Reliability Edge V3I2 (3Q 2002)]
FMEA Success Factors [Reliability Edge V6I1]
Gathering Information for Effective Design and Process FMEAs [HotWire Issue 117 (November 2010)]
Interaction Between the House of Quality (within Design for Six Sigma) and the FMEA (within Design for Reliability) [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Reliability Edge V7I1]
Key Factors for Effective FMEAs [Reliability Edge V6I2]
Risk Discovery Analysis in Xfmea 5 [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]
ReliaSoft Corporation: Ten Year Retrospective [Reliability Edge V3I3 (4Q 2002)]
Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or RCM Analyses [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
Using the New Change Log Utility in Xfmea or RCM++ [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]

XFRACAS

Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Reliability Edge V7I1]
Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Reliability Edge V7I1]
FRACAS: An Essential Ingredient for Reliability Success [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)]

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Zero-Time Failures

Life Data Analysis with Zero-Time (Out-Of-The-Box) Failures [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]