Design and Analysis of Fixed Time Reliability Demonstration Tests.

摘要

The principal reliability demonstration test methods are identified and their characteristics reviewed. The use of a graphic procedure for the design and analysis of fixed time tests is discussed and examples illustrating application to the design of Classical, Bayes and Hybrid plans are given. The graphic procedure is also applied to evaluate the effect on the Bayes posterior risks as a function of different prior distributional characteristics and to make comparisons between the different test methods. A technique for constructing the operating characteristic (O.C.) curve for any fixed time test is presented and the O.C. data for various test plans are tabulated.