Reliability Growth and Repairable System Analysis Reference

Introduction

• Introduction
• Contents

• What is Reliability Growth?
• Why Reliability Growth?
• Elements of a Reliability Growth Program
• Why are Reliability Growth Models Needed?
• Reliability Growth Analysis
• A Simple Reliability Growth Model
• Fielded Systems
• Failure Rate and Failure Intensity

Data Types

• Data Types
• Time-to-Failure Data
• Success/Failure Data
• Reliability Data
• Fielded Systems

• Duane Model History and Development
• Parameter Estimation for the Duane Model
  • Graphical Method
  • Least Squares (Linear Regression) for the Duane Model
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimators for the Duane Model
• Confidence Bounds for the Duane Model
  • Parameter Bounds for the Duane Model
  • Other Bounds for the Duane Model
• General Examples Using the Duane Model

Crow-AMSAA (N.H.P.P.)

• Crow-AMSAA (N.H.P.P.)
• Parameter Estimation for the Crow-AMSAA Model
• Confidence Bounds for the Crow-AMSAA Model
  • Confidence Bounds on Beta
  • Confidence Bounds on Lambda
  • Confidence Bounds on Growth Rate
  • Confidence Bounds on MTBF
  • Confidence Bounds on Failure Intensity
  • Confidence Bounds on Time Given Cumulative Failure Intensity
  • Confidence Bounds on Time Given MTBF
  • Confidence Bounds on Time Given Instantaneous Failure Intensity
  • Confidence Bounds on Cumulative Number of Failures
• Confidence Bounds Examples for the Crow-AMSAA Model
• Grouped Data for the Crow-AMSAA Model
• Grouped Data Confidence Bounds for the Crow-AMSAA Model
  • Grouped Data Confidence Bounds on Beta
  • Grouped Data Confidence Bounds on Lambda
  • Grouped Data Confidence Bounds on Growth Rate
  • Grouped Data Confidence Bounds on MTBF
  • Grouped Data Confidence Bounds on Failure Intensity
  • Grouped Data Confidence Bounds on Time Given MTBF
  • Grouped Data Confidence Bounds on Time Given Failure Intensity
  • Grouped Data Confidence Bounds on Cumulative Number of Failures
• Grouped Data Confidence Bounds Examples for the Crow-AMSAA Model
• Goodness-of-Fit Tests for the Crow-AMSAA Model
• Estimation and Analysis with Missing Data
• Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model
• Applicability of the Crow-AMSAA Model
• General Examples Using the Crow-AMSAA Model

Lloyd Lipow

• Lloyd Lipow
• Parameter Estimation for the Lloyd Lipow Model
• Confidence Bounds for the Lloyd Lipow Model
• General Examples Using the Lloyd Lipow Model

Gompertz Models

Logistic

Crow Extended

Fielded Systems

Appendix A: Failure Discounting

Appendix B: Hypothesis Tests

References