Smeaton, A.
(2003),
NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook Chapter 8: Reliability, NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook Chapter 8: Reliability
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NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook Chapter 8: Reliability
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Alan Smeaton
Abstract
In today's technological world nearly everyone depends upon the continued functioning of a wide array of complex machinery and equipment for their everyday health, safety, mobility and economic welfare. Continual assessment of product reliability, and on-going control of the reliability, is a critical necessity in today's competitive business arena.This chapter describes the terms, models and techniques used to evaluateand predict product reliability.This chapter can be accessed via urlhttp://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/apr/apr.htmwithUSERID: handbook.editorPASSWD: prototypeCitation
NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook Chapter 8: Reliability
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Keywords
acceleration, censoring, failure rate, lifetime distribution models, reliability, repair rate, survival functions
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Created June 1, 2003, Updated February 17, 2017